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Transcriptomics in transplantation: More than just biomarkers of allograft rejection

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION (2021)

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION

Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 2000-2001

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16429

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editorial/personal viewpoint; translational research/science; genetics; heart transplantation/cardiology; genetics; genomics; rejection: acute; heart (allograft) function/dysfunction

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Surgery Transplantation

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NHLBI NIH HHS [K23 HL143179, HHSN268201300001C] Funding Source: Medline

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