Some Interesting Stories From The Iranian Model of Kidney Transplantation
Urology Journal,
Vol. 17 No. 4 (2020),
24 June 2020
,
Page 422-425
https://doi.org/10.22037/uj.v17i4.5440
Abstract
In this short communication we briefly discuss some aspects of organ shortage for transplantation with a brief characterization of the Iranian model of kidney transplantation, and we present 3 interesting stories related to this model.
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