Single-center experience of pediatric heart transplantation in taiwan.

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Published in Transplant Proc on September 01, 2006

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N K Chou1, C H Chang, N H Chi, C I Chang, Y S Chen, E T Wu, M H Wu, J K Wang, R B Hsu, S C Huang, W J Ko, S H Chu, F Y Lin, S S Wang

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1: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan.

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