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Comment
. 2018 Oct;18(10):2608-2609.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.14975. Epub 2018 Jul 2.

Consent and labeling in the use of infectious risk donor kidneys: A response to "Information Overload"

Mary G Bowring  1 , Allan B Massie  1   2 , Macey Henderson  1 , Dorry L Segev  1   2   3
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Comment

Consent and labeling in the use of infectious risk donor kidneys: A response to "Information Overload"

Mary G Bowring et al. Am J Transplant. 2018 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; donors and donation: deceased; ethics and public policy; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease; kidney transplantation/nephrology.

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