Are Criteria for Islet and Pancreas Donors Sufficiently Different to Minimize Competition?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 763-766

  Ris, Frédéric ^a   Toso, Christian ^a   Veith, Florence Unno ^a   Majno, Pietro ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a   Oberholzer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Donor selection criteria; Islet transplantation; Organ donation; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPETITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2442552103     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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