Commentary on Long-term Growth Following Renal Transplantation in Children

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Comment

Richard N Fine. Transplantation. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;104(1):10-12.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002727.

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Comment on

Growth Patterns After Kidney Transplantation in European Children Over the Past 25 Years: An ESPN/ERA-EDTA Registry Study.
Bonthuis M, Groothoff JW, Ariceta G, Baiko S, Battelino N, Bjerre A, Cransberg K, Kolvek G, Maxwell H, Miteva P, Molchanova MS, Neuhaus TJ, Pape L, Reusz G, Rousset-Rouviere C, Sandes AR, Topaloglu R, Van Dyck M, Ylinen E, Zagozdzon I, Jager KJ, Harambat J. Bonthuis M, et al. Transplantation. 2020 Jan;104(1):137-144. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002726. Transplantation. 2020. PMID: 30946218

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