Weight of Evidence: Reevaluating BMI Criteria As a Barrier for Kidney Transplantation in Children

Overview

Journal Pediatr Nephrol

Specialties Nephrology
Pediatrics

Date 2024 Nov 20

PMID 39565420

Authors

Demetria Theodorou

Mohan Shenoy

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