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    Juan F. MachasNúñez M.D., Ph.D (Profesor Titular de Medicina) (Profesor Titular de Medicina)

  2. Guy’s King’s and St. Thomas’ School of Medicine King’s College, London, UK

    J. Stewart Cameron M.D., B.Sc., FRCP (Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine) (Emeritus Professor of Renal Medicine)

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    Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Medicine) (Professor of Medicine)

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Alobaidli, A., Jassal, S.V. (2008). Substitutive Treatments of End-Stage Renal Diseases in the Elderly: Renal Transplantation. In: MachasNúñez, J.F., Cameron, J.S., Oreopoulos, D.G. (eds) The Aging Kidney in Health and Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72659-5_25

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