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Clinical Studies

The prognostic value of frozen section preimplantation graft biopsy in the outcome of renal transplantation

Dimitrios S. Goumenos Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, GreeceCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pantelitsa Kalliakmani Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Athanassios C. Tsamandas Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Ioannis Maroulis Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Eirini Savidaki Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Eleftherios Fokaefs Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Evangelos Papachristou Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Dionissios Karavias Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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John G. Vlachojannis Transplantation Center, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Pages 434-439 | Received 13 Oct 2009, Accepted 13 Dec 2009, Published online: 06 May 2010

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