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More than 4.000 pancreas transplantations have so far been performed at some 150 transplant centres world wide [1]. In the majority of cases, the pancreas has been transplanted simultaneously with a kidney transplant to type I diabetics with end stage diabetic nephropathy.
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Brekke, I.B., Sødal, G., Holdaas, H., Fauchald, P., Jervell, J. (1994). Simultaneous Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation: Indication and Results. In: Mogensen, C.E. (eds) The Kidney and Hypertension in Diabetes Mellitus. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6746-9_46
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