Starting at the Source: Donor Research, Done Right

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Gebhard Wagener. Transplantation. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 1;106(8):1524-1525.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004073. Epub 2022 Apr 1.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY.

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The author declares no funding or conflicts of interest.

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