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Complications of post-transplant immunosuppression: cancer and diabetes

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Complications of post-transplant immunosuppression: cancer and diabetes. Drugs Ther. Perspect 7, 13–16 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2165/00042310-199607030-00005

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