Amelioration of nerve conduction velocity following simultaneous kidney/pancreas transplantation is due to the glycaemic control provided by the pancreas

Diabetologia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1110-1112

  Martinenghi, S ^a,b   Comi, G ^a   Galardi, G ^a   Di Carlo, V ^a   Pozza, G ^a   Secchi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetic polyneuropathy; IDDM; Kidney transplantation; Metabolic control; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIET RESTRICTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFANT; INSULIN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030778954     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250050795     Document Type: Article

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