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Lymphoma after kidney transplantation: risk factors and timing of development

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Veale, J., Gritsch, H. Lymphoma after kidney transplantation: risk factors and timing of development. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 422–423 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0247

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