Clinical islet cell transplantation: Are we there yet?

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-168

  Rosenberg, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DCCT; Diabetes mellitus; Immunosuppression; Islet cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

15 DEOXYSPERGUALIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIABETOGENESIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0032437904     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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