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Malignancy transplantation with graft: Do patients with primary central nervous system tumors have to be excluded from the donor pool?

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  1. Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Universitary Hospital of Liège, Sart-Tilman University B-35, B-4000, Liège, Belgium

    O. Detry, P. Honoré, M. Meurisse, P. Bonnet & N. Jacquet

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Detry, O., Honoré, P., Meurisse, M. et al. Malignancy transplantation with graft: Do patients with primary central nervous system tumors have to be excluded from the donor pool?. Transplant Int 10, 83–84 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02044350

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