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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

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Preface to topic “Living donor pancreas transplantation”

Authors: Takehide Asano, Takashi Kenmochi

Published in: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | Issue 2/2010

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Pancreas transplantation is an established treatment for type 1 diabetic patients. The outcome of pancreas transplantation has rapidly improved in association with improvements in the surgical procedure and a newly developed immunosuppressive regimen. The pancreas was the first extra-renal organ to be transplanted successfully from living donors, at the University of Minnesota in 1979 [1]. A simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation from a living donor was first successfully performed for a diabetic patient with end-stage renal disease at the same institution in 1994 [2]. …

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Title: Preface to topic “Living donor pancreas transplantation”
Authors: Takehide Asano
Takashi Kenmochi
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences / Issue 2/2010
Print ISSN: 1868-6974
Electronic ISSN: 1868-6982
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00534-009-0145-z

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