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Is it premature to use calcineurin-inhibitor-free immunosuppression in pediatric renal transplantation?

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The synopsis was written by Chloë Harman, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, University of Western Ontario, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada guido.filler@lhsc.on.ca

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  1. G Filler is Professor and Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.,

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Filler, G. Is it premature to use calcineurin-inhibitor-free immunosuppression in pediatric renal transplantation?. Nat Rev Nephrol 3, 16–17 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0361

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