Preoperative assessment of adenylylcyclase activity as a functional marker of islet cell quality after transplantation in rats

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 384-390

  Sugiyama, Atsushi ^b   Kanazawa, Shigeo ^b   Gore, Paul F ^b   Field, Jane M ^b   McKnite, Scott ^b   Sutherland, David E R ^b   Lurie, Keith G ^a  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033117695     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(99)90070-7     Document Type: Article

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