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Transplantation Through the Generations

Alberto Castagna  1 , Lisa Mcmonagle  2 , Corien Eeltink  3 , Sarah Liptrott  4
Michelle Kenyon  1 , Aleksandra Babic  2
, editors.
In: The European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Textbook for Nurses: Under the Auspices of EBMT [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2018. Chapter 8.
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Transplantation Through the Generations

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Biologically, a child is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority (Oxford University Press (Accessed 5th January 2013)).

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