Pancreas transplantation: an overview

ABSTRACT Pancreas transplantation is the only treatment able to reestablish normal glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels in insulin-dependent diabetic patients without the use of exogenous insulin. The evolution of pancreas transplantation in treatment of diabetes was determined by advances in the...

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Main Authors: Andre Ibrahim David, Ben-Hur Ferraz-Neto, Fernando Levino, Roberto Ferreira Meirelles Junior, Álvaro Pacheco e Silva Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2010-12-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082010000400500&tlng=en