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. 2004 Apr;89(4):386–389. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.017186

Current status of paediatric heart, lung, and heart-lung transplantation

M Burch 1, P Aurora 1
PMCID: PMC1719883  PMID: 15033856

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Survival for paediatric heart transplantation by era. Reproduced from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org.27

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Survival for paediatric lung transplantation by era. Reproduced from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org.27

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Survival for paediatric heart lung transplantation by era. Reproduced from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation at www.ishlt.org.27

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