Demographic ageing and its influence on current lung transplant practice

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Antonio Alvarez et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;11(Suppl 15):S1992-S1994.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.06.71.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, University Hospital Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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