Live encapsulated porcine islets from a type 1 diabetic patient 9.5 yr after xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-161

  Elliott, Robert B ^a,b   Escobar, Livia ^a   Tan, Paul L J ^a   Muzina, Maria ^a   Zwain, Sahar ^a   Buchanan, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Living Cell Technologies Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Encapsulated porcine islet transplant; Type 1 diabetes; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; C PEPTIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CELL ENCAPSULATION; DIABETIC PATIENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; C-PEPTIDE; CELL SURVIVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947360223     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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