Complete reversal of glycogen hepatopathy with pancreas transplantation: Two cases

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Fridell, Jonathan A ^a   Saxena, Romil ^a   Chalasani, Naga P ^a   Goggins, William C ^a   Powelson, John A ^a   Cummings, Oscar W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Glycogen hepatopathy; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN HEPATOPATHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISOLATED PANCREAS ISLET; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 33846189770     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000239510.27872.07     Document Type: Article

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