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Should kidney transplantation be delayed in adolescents?

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Children's Mercy Hospital, Section of Pediatric Nephrology, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO 64108–4698, USA bwarady@cmh.edu

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  1. BA Warady is Chief of the Section of Pediatric Nephrology, and Director of Dialysis and Transplantation, at the Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA.,

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Warady, B. Should kidney transplantation be delayed in adolescents?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 312–313 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0486

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