Doctors warn on transplants
The use of healthy people as living organ donors for adults who need liver transplants is expanding too quickly and without adequate study, according to an article published in The New England
The use of healthy people as living organ donors for adults who need liver transplants is expanding too quickly and without adequate study, according to an article published in The New England
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