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Editorial
. 2016 Aug 30;8(8):ED000114.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.ED000114.

Avoiding or stopping steroids in kidney transplant recipients: sounds good but does it work?

David W Mudge  1
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Editorial

Avoiding or stopping steroids in kidney transplant recipients: sounds good but does it work?

David W Mudge. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .
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