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Sick teens in crisis: Organ transplant patients may die when insurance for medicine runs out
02-19-2007 · EurekAlert!A new study from Saint Louis University researchers shows that young transplant patients who lose their federally provided insurance coverage are more likely to stop taking necessary anti-rejection drugs, which can increase the risk of losing the transplanted organs.
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