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Kidney Transplant
Read about the people whose lives were changed by kidney transplant surgery at Duke.
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Child with a Rare Genetic Disorder Is Full of Spunk After a Kidney Transplant at Duke
A few weeks before Gunner Hart was born, his parents learned that he had a rare genetic disease that could cause irreparable damage to his kidneys, liver, and ...
Kidney Transplant Gives Child with Chronic Kidney Disease a Normal Childhood
Born with just one, poorly functioning kidney, Abrielle Barber faced significant challenges in her first five years of life, including getting nutrition from a ...
Swift Path to Kidney Transplant, After a Decade of Kidney Disease
At age 27, Barb Lavalette learned she had a disease that, over time, could severely damage her kidney function. For more than a decade, she managed her kidney ...
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