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. 2022 Jul 1;276(1):e65-e66.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004413. Epub 2020 Oct 15.

Comment on "Lung Transplantation for Elderly Patients With End-stage COVID-19 Pneumonia"

Ashley Baquero  1 , David H Beyda  2 , Maria Fiatarone Singh  3 , Glynn Gilcrease  4 , Joseph E Gutierrez  5 , Jacob Lavee  6 , David Matas  7 , Norbert Paul  8 , Bernadette Richards  9 , Matthew P Robertson  10 , Wendy Rogers  11 , Raymond Scalettar  12 , Michael Shapiro  13 , Adnan Sharif  14 , Alexander H Toledo  15 , Torsten Trey  16
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Comment on "Lung Transplantation for Elderly Patients With End-stage COVID-19 Pneumonia"

Ashley Baquero et al. Ann Surg. .
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