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An observational study of voluntary live kidney donors-post transplant in tertiary care centre from South India

 

S Manoharan1, B Lalith Narayan2, M Natesh Prabhu3*

 

{1Professor, Department of Medicine} {3Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology} Dhanalakshmi  Srinivasan Medical College & Hospital, Perambalur -621 113, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

2Consultant Physician, Department of Medicine, Tanjore Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

Email: drnateshprabhu@gmail.com

 

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