Problems of islet isolation from the human and porcine pancreas for islet transplantation into men;PROBLEMATIK DER INSELISOLIERUNG AUS HUMANEN UND PORCINEN PANKERATA ZUM ZWECK DER TRANSPLANTATION BEIM MENSCHEN

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 814-822

  Brandhorst, D ^a   Brandhorst, H ^a   Brendel, M ^a   Bretzel, R G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human islet isolation; Islet purification; Organ donor variables; Pancreas procurement; Porcine islet isolation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SWINE; TECHNIQUE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATECTOMY; SWINE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0031816078     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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