Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor Candidate
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Ngan N. Lam Divisions of Transplant Medicine and Nephrology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Krista L. Lentine Saint Louis University Transplant Center, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

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