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The Safety of Donor

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Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation

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Safety during organ recruitment means donor safety and organ safety. Efforts to advance transplant safety are ongoing and include improvements to screening tests and checks to detect any kind of donor disease and ensure good graft function after transplantation.

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  1. “F. Addarii” Institute of Oncology and Transplant Pathology, S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna University, Bologna, 40138, Italy

    Antonia D’Errico, Deborah Malvi & Francesco Vasuri

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D’Errico, A., Malvi, D., Vasuri, F. (2015). The Safety of Donor. In: Pinna, A., Ercolani, G. (eds) Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16997-2_4

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