Pro/Con debate: lung allocation should be based on medical urgency and transplant survival and not on waiting time.

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Published in Chest on July 01, 2005

Authors

Thomas M Egan1, Robert M Kotloff

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 838 West Gates, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19027, USA.

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