Pancreas transplantation

Problems in General Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 43-65

  Stratta, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031717629     PISSN: 07398328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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