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. 2022 Apr;22(4):1280-1282.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16905. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Kidney transplantation from SARS-CoV-2-positive deceased donor

Miklos Z Molnar  1 , Isaac E Hall  1 , Divya Raghavan  1 , Fuad Shihab  1 , Hannah Imlay  2 , Kimberly E Hanson  2 , Carlos A Gomez  2 , Jeffrey Campsen  3 , Robin Kim  3 , Nicholas Baker  3 , George Rofaiel  3
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Kidney transplantation from SARS-CoV-2-positive deceased donor

Miklos Z Molnar et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); clinical research/practice; donors and donation: donation after circulatory death (DCD); donors and donation: extended criteria; infectious disease; kidney transplantation/nephrology; organ procurement and allocation.

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