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Nephrology

Factors Associated with COVID-19 Severity Among Kidney Transplant and Non-Kidney Transplant Patients at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kal Kidane1 Kidney Transplantation Center, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
,
Zewdie Aderaw Alemu2 School of Public Health, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
,
Tolesa Diriba Biratu2 School of Public Health, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Leja Hamza Juhar3 Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Pages 5097-5108 | Received 20 Jul 2023, Accepted 30 Oct 2023, Published online: 05 Nov 2023

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