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Peter P Reese^{1

2

3}, Olivier Aubert^{1

4}, Alexandre Loupy^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Paris Translational Research Centre for Organ Transplantation, University of Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U970, Paris, France.
² Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Kidney Transplantation, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

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Peter P Reese et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021.

. 2021 May 3;32(5):1264-1265.

doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021020207. Epub 2021 Apr 28.

Peter P Reese^{1

2

3}, Olivier Aubert^{1

4}, Alexandre Loupy^{1

4}

¹ Paris Translational Research Centre for Organ Transplantation, University of Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U970, Paris, France.
² Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Kidney Transplantation, Necker Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: epidemiology and outcomes; kidney biopsy; kidney transplantation.

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