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Duke surgeon reports first parathyroid transplant
Duke University surgeon Dr. Samuel A. Wells says he performed what may be the first successful parathyroid transplant from father to son on Nov 30, 1973. Don McKnight received two glands cut into 13 pieces placed in his arm, with both donor and recipient functioning normally in follow ups.
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D. J. Hill
Durham
N. C
UPI
Duke University
Samuel A. Wells
Duke
Donald McKnight
Winston- Salem Bible College
McKnight
Wells
John McKnight
Donald
Moscow
Komsomolskaya Pravda
V.I. Perevedentsev