Safety and viability of microencapsulated human islets transplanted into diabetic humans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1887-1889

  Tuch, Bernard E ^a,b   Keogh, Gregory W ^b   Williams, Lindy J ^b   Wu, Wei ^b   Foster, Jayne L ^b   Vaithilingam, Vijayganapathy ^b   Philips, Robert ^b  

^a Australian Foundation for Diabetes Research   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ATORVASTATIN; BARIUM; C PEPTIDE; EXENDIN 4; GLUCOSE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MICROENCAPSULATION; NAUSEA; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ALGINATES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; C-PEPTIDE; CAPSULES; CELL SURVIVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349667312     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-0744     Document Type: Article

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