Islets isolated from donors with elevated HbA1c can be successfully transplanted

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1622-1624

  Koh, Angela ^a   Kin, Tatsuya ^a   Imes, Sharleen ^a   Shapiro, A M James ^a   Senior, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Islet transplantation; Pancreas donors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; BIOSYNTHESIS; FATALITY; LIVING DONOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149332688     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818c2559     Document Type: Article

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