Availability of suitable islet donors in the United States

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-282

  Porrett, Paige M ^a   Yeh, Heidi ^a   Frank, Adam ^b   Deng, Shaoping ^a   Kim, James I ^a   Barker, Clyde F ^a   Markmann, James F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 4 Silverstein Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Donor procurement; Islet transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547645392     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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