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Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion for the Preservation of Kidney Grafts prior to Transplantation
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Hypothermic Perfusion Mitigates Extended Cold Ischemia Time in Kidney Transplantation
Angelica Perez-Gutierrez1, Jessica Cao2, Piotr Bachul1
1Department of Surgery, Transplant Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
|September 19, 2025
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