Effects of kidney-pancreas transplantation on atherosclerotic risk factors and endothelial function in patients with uremia and type 1 diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 496-501

  Fiorina, Paolo ^a   La Rocca, Ennio ^a   Venturini, Massimo ^a   Minicucci, Fabio ^a   Fermo, Isabella ^a   Paroni, Rita ^a   D'Angelo, Armando ^a   Sblendido, Marisa ^a   Di Carlo, Valerio ^a   Cristallo, Marco ^a   Del Maschio, Alessandro ^a   Pozza, Guido ^a   Secchi, Antonio ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CYSTEINE; FIBRINOGEN; NITRATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UREMIA;

EID: 0035126926     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.3.496     Document Type: Article

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