Pancreas allocation and diabetic end-stage kidney disease
Transplant options for patients with type 1 diabetes and end-stage kidney disease include deceased donor kidney, live donor kidney, simultaneous pancreas-kidney, pancreas after kidney and islet cell transplantation. Allocation of deceased donor kidneys is prioritized for candidates of multiorgan transplants. Here, outcomes of treatment modalities are reviewed, as well as the ethical implications of multiorgan allocation of kidney-pancreas.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Nefrologia
2019
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-01692019000100002 |
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