Blood gene expression at 3 months post-transplantation predicts 1-year histologic features in renal transplantation
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Juanjo Lozano
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57731 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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