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World J Gastrointest Surg. Aug 27, 2011; 3(8): 119-122
Published online Aug 27, 2011. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v3.i8.119
A mathematical model for shortening waiting time in pancreas-kidney transplantation
Eleazar Chaib, Marcelo Augusto F Ribeiro Jr, Vinicius Rocha Santos, Roberto Ferreira Meirelles Jr, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Eduardo Massad
Eleazar Chaib, Marcelo Augusto F Ribeiro Jr, Vinicius Rocha Santos, Roberto Ferreira Meirelles Jr, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Eduardo Massad, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation Surgery Unit, LIM 37 and LIM 01, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Av Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, Level 9, 05403-010, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Author contributions: Chaib E designed the article, collected the data and wrote the paper; Ribeiro Jr MAF, Santos VR and Meirelles Jr RF collected the data; D’Albuquerque LAC and Massad E designed the model and wrote the paper.
Supported by LIMs 01 and 37-HCFMUSP, CNPq and FAPESP
Correspondence to: Eleazar Chaib, MD, FRCS, Professor, Liver and Pancreas Transplantation Surgery Unit, LIM 37 and LIM 01, Department of Gastroenterology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Av Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, Level 9, 05403-010, Sao Paulo, Brazil. eleazarchaib@yahoo.co.uk
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Received: April 8, 2011
Revised: May 26, 2011
Accepted: June 5, 2011
Published online: August 27, 2011
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