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APOL1 genotyping in kidney transplantation: to do or not to do, that is the question? (contra)
Vineeta Kumar1, Jayme E Locke2
1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Comprehensive Transplant Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Kidney International
|June 22, 2021
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