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Mouse Kidney Transplantation: Models of Allograft Rejection
Published on: October 11, 2014
Transplantation of horseshoe kidney into single recipient
D W Brenner1, S M Schlossberg, R L Hurwitz
1Renal Transplantation Service, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.
Urology
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of successful en bloc transplantation of a horseshoe kidney into a single recipient is reported. The literature is briefly reviewed. The use of horseshoe kidneys in transplantation is recommended in selected cases.
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