Evaluation of Engraftment After Single Islet Transplantation From a Brain-Dead Donor by the Secretory Unit of Islet Transplant Objects (SUITO) Index

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 364-366

  Matsumoto, S ^a   Noguchi, H ^a   Hatanaka, N ^b   Kobayashi, N ^c   Jackson, A ^a   Naziruddin, B ^a   Levy, M F ^a  

^a BAYLOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENGRAFTMENT; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY UNIT OF ISLET TRANSPLANT OBJECT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN DEATH; C-PEPTIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40949137429     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.12.023     Document Type: Article

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