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Editorial
. 2018 Jan;18(1):5-6.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.14517. Epub 2017 Oct 21.

Voriconazole in lung transplant recipients - how worried should we be?

Hrishikesh S Kulkarni  1 , Chad A Witt  1
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Editorial

Voriconazole in lung transplant recipients - how worried should we be?

Hrishikesh S Kulkarni et al. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: cancer/malignancy/neoplasia: skin - nonmelanoma; clinical research/practice; immunosuppressant; lung transplantation/pulmonology.

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Disclosure: The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose as described by the American Journal of Transplantation.

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