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ST Bartlett has previously received grants from the following companies: Astellas Pharma, Novartis, Roche and Wyeth–Ayerst. FG Pradel declared she has no competing interests.
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Pradel, F., Bartlett, S. Does a home-based education program improve rates of living donor kidney transplantation?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 366–367 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0499
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