A longitudinal prospective study of cytomegalovirus pp65 antigenemia in renal transplant recipients
✍ Scribed by Gregor Bein; Andreas Bitsch; Jochem Hoyer; Jürgen Steinhoff; Lutz Fricke; Hannelore Machnik; Reinhard Dennin; Holger Kirchner
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 668 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-0874
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