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Santoni, M., Massari, F. & Cascinu, S. Prophylactic use of mTOR inhibitors and other immunosuppressive agents in heart transplant patients. Cell Mol Immunol 12, 122–124 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/cmi.2014.27
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