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. 2021 Sep;21(9):3208-3209.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16629. Epub 2021 May 24.

Kidney transplant with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR: An avoidable risk

Florentino Villanego  1 , Luis Alberto Vigara  1 , María Elisa Montero  1 , Teresa García  1 , Juan Manuel Peñate-Garrido  2 , Auxiliadora Mazuecos  1
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Kidney transplant with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR: An avoidable risk

Florentino Villanego et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: clinical research/practice; infectious disease; kidney transplantation/nephrology; patient safety; patient survival.

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