How Far Can We Expand Donor Age Criteria for Pancreas Transplantation?

Jacobus W Mensink^{1

2}, Jacob D de Boer¹, Wouter H Kopp¹, Andries E Braat¹

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¹ Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Jacobus W Mensink et al. Transplantation. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;102(12):e494.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002438.

Jacobus W Mensink^{1

2}, Jacob D de Boer¹, Wouter H Kopp¹, Andries E Braat¹

¹ Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Dutch Transplant Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Proneth A, Geissler EK, Schlitt HJ, Farkas SA. Proneth A, et al. Transplantation. 2018 Dec;102(12):e495. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002439. Transplantation. 2018. PMID: 30461729 No abstract available.

Extended Pancreas Donor Program-The EXPAND Study: A Prospective Multicenter Trial Testing the Use of Pancreas Donors Older Than 50 Years.
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