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  2. AskMayoExpert. Living donor nephrectomy (adult). Mayo Clinic; 2020.
  3. About the kidney. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/data/organ-datasource/kidney/. Accessed Aug. 23, 2021.
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