Journal of Transplantation
Volume 2015, Article ID 748102, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/748102
Research Article
Alternative Living Kidney Donation Programs Boost Genetically Unrelated Donation
Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, Netherlands
Received 18 May 2015; Revised 20 August 2015; Accepted 24 August 2015
Academic Editor: Gaetano Ciancio
Copyright © 2015 Rosalie A. Poldervaart et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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