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Can we justify living donor islet transplantation?

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  1. Boaz Hirshberg MD
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Hirshberg, B. Can we justify living donor islet transplantation?. Curr Diab Rep 6, 307–309 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-006-0065-0

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