Histologic Studies of Islets of Langerhans in Transplanted Pancreata from Marginal Donors in Japan

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1819-1821

  Ishida Oku, M ^a   Iwase, M ^a   Sugitani, A ^b   Masutani, K ^a   Kitada, H ^a   Tanaka, M ^a   Iida, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77953654722     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.02.080     Document Type: Article

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