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The case against a regulated system of living kidney sales

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  1. Additional Professor of Nephrology,

    Vivekanand Jha & Kirpal S Chugh

  2. Emeritus Professor of Nephrology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Vivekanand Jha & Kirpal S Chugh

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Jha, V., Chugh, K. The case against a regulated system of living kidney sales. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 466–467 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0268

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