American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages A35-A37 , July 2009

Quiz Page July 2009: Fever and Neutropenia Following Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation

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 Case provided and authored by Adena J. Osband, MD, David A. Laskow, MD, Teresa Berkowicz, PharmD, and Richard A. Mann, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ.Address correspondence to Adena J. Osband, MD, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, CAB 2160, 125 Paterson St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. E-mail: adena.osband@rwjuh.edu

PII: S0272-6386(09)00631-3

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.03.014

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 54, Issue 1 , Pages A35-A37 , July 2009

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