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. 2022 May 27.
doi: 10.1016/j.nefro.2022.04.007. Online ahead of print.

Decision making - Should we perform kidney transplantation on a patient with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2?

Diogo Francisco  1 , Gonçalo Ávila  1 , Cristina Jorge  1 , Kamal Mansinho  2 , Cristina Toscano  3 , André Weigert  1
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Decision making - Should we perform kidney transplantation on a patient with a positive RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2?

Diogo Francisco et al. Nefrologia. .
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