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The History of Lung Transplantation

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Lung Transplantation

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This chapter presents a historical milestone of lung transplantation from the early experimental studies and clinical attempts to the advances of the Toronto Group and Stanford Group to the most recent developments.

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D’Armini, A.M., Grazioli, V., Viganò, M. (2018). The History of Lung Transplantation. In: Raghu, G., Carbone, R. (eds) Lung Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91184-7_1

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