American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages A35-A37 , January 2010

Quiz Page January 2010: A Colonic Mass in a Kidney Transplant Recipient

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 Case provided and authored by Sardar Z. Imam, MD,1 Asadullah Khan, MD,2 Jesse M. Jaso, MD,3 and John R. Foringer, MD,2 1Department of Internal Medicine, 2Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, and 3Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX.Address correspondence to Asadullah Khan, MD, Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MSB 4.148, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail: asadullah.khan@uth.tmc.edu

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PII: S0272-6386(09)01258-X

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.09.009

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages A35-A37 , January 2010

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