Effect of the Embolization of Completely Unpurified Islets on Portal Vein Pressure and Hepatic Biochemistry in Clinical Practice

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Hyon, Sung Ho ^a   Ceballos, María Candela ^a   Barbich, Mariana ^a   Groppa, Rosana ^a   Grosembacher, Luis ^a   Vieiro, María Mercedes ^a   Barcan, Laura ^a   Algranati, Salomon ^a   Litwak, Leon ^a   Argibay, Pablo F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hepatic biochemistry; Human islet transplantation; Intraportal islet injection; Portal vein pressure; Unpurified islets

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ACINAR CELL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 10744230964     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000004772664905     Document Type: Article

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