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Kidney donation and rewarded gifting: an Iranian model

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  1. Department of Urology, Labbafinejad Hospital, 9th Boostan Alley, Pasdaran Avenue, PO Box 1666679951, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran simforoosh@iurtc.org.ir

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  1. N Simforoosh is a Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at Labbafinejad Hospital, Urology Nephrology Research Centre, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.,

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Simforoosh, N. Kidney donation and rewarded gifting: an Iranian model. Nat Rev Urol 4, 292–293 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0812

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