Pancreas transplantation in the United States: A review

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Gruessner, Angelika C ^a,b   Sutherland, David E R ^c   Gruessner, Rainer W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft function; Immunologic graft loss; Pancreas transplantation; Patient survival

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BASILIXIMAB; DACLIZUMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749121116     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32833552d2     Document Type: Review

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