Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 714-723 , July 2009

Pancreas transplants

Received 31 July 2008 ,Revised 28 November 2008 ,Accepted 2 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.12.015

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