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Editorial
. 2014 May;9(5):843-4.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.02610314. Epub 2014 Apr 17.

BMI, sex, and access to transplantation

Anne M Huml  1 , Ashwini R Sehgal
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Editorial

BMI, sex, and access to transplantation

Anne M Huml et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2014 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: chronic renal failure; obesity; transplantation.

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