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Personalized anti-rejection therapy with alemtuzumab for kidney transplant recipients

    Dennis A Hesselink

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: d.a.hesselink@erasmusmc.nl

    Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    ,
    Daphne M Hullegie-Peelen

    Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    &
    Lukas K van Vugt

    Erasmus MC Transplant Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Transplantation, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/pgs-2022-0071
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