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Comment
. 2017 Jul;31(7):10.1111/ctr.13004.
doi: 10.1111/ctr.13004. Epub 2017 Jun 5.

Reporting functional status in UNOS: The weakness of the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale

Connie W Wang  1 , Jennifer C Lai  2
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Reporting functional status in UNOS: The weakness of the Karnofsky Performance Status Scale

Connie W Wang et al. Clin Transplant. 2017 Jul.
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