Transplantation of the pancreas and pancreatic islets: has it lived up to its promise?

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Timothy C Lee et al. Curr Surg. 2005 May-Jun.

. 2005 May-Jun;62(3):305-10.

doi: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.11.015.

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