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Bibliographic reference
van Huis, Maike ; Schoenmaker, Nikki J ; Groothoff, Jaap W ; van der Lee, Johanna H ; Cransberg, Karlien ; et. al. Policy variation in donor and recipient status in 11 pediatric renal transplantation centers.. In: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), Vol. 28, no.6, p. 951-957 (2013)
