Severe Anemia Caused by Parvovirus B19 Infection in Two Pediatric Kidney Transplantation Recipients
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Kim, Kyung-Ran
(Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
Park, Hwanhee (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Doo Ri (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cho, Heeyeon (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Sanghoon (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Lee, Suk-Koo (Division of Pediatric Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Kim, Yae-Jean (Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) |
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