The islet transplant experiment: Time for a reassessment

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2217-2218

  Bromberg, J S ^a   Kaplan, B ^b   Halloran, P F ^c   Robertson, R P ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; RAPAMYCIN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION;

HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548363807     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01957.x     Document Type: Editorial

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