Reversal of lesions of diabetic nephropathy after pancreas transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 69-75

  Fioretto, Paola ^a,c   Steffes, Michael W ^b   Sutherland, David E R ^b   Goetz, Frederick C ^b   Mauer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE BASEMENT MEMBRANE; MALE; MESANGIUM; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032499911     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199807093390202     Document Type: Article

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