Approach to the Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidate.

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Published in Clin J Am Soc Nephrol on February 25, 2016

Authors

Douglas S Keith1, Gayle M Vranic2

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia dsk9s@virginia.edu.
2: Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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