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Sclerosing Peritonitis After Kidney Transplantation: A Not-So-Silky Cocoon

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA

    Ellen H. Morrow

  2. Multiorgan Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, 750 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA

    Amy E. Gallo & Marc L. Melcher

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Morrow, E.H., Gallo, A.E. & Melcher, M.L. Sclerosing Peritonitis After Kidney Transplantation: A Not-So-Silky Cocoon. Dig Dis Sci 56, 307–310 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-010-1471-3

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