Number and volume of islets transplanted in immunobarrier device

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-52

  Suzuki, Kazuhisa ^a,b,d   Bonner Weir, Susan ^a,b   Hollister Lock, Jennifer ^a,b   Colton, Clark K ^c   Weir, Gordon C ^a,b  

^a JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Mahoshi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Immunobarrier; Islet transplantation; Islets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL COUNT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 0031941514     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-6897(97)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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