Histopathology and ex vivo insulin secretion of pancreatic islets in gestational diabetes: A case report

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Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 231-233

  Tancredi, Mariella ^a   Marselli, Lorella ^a   Lencioni, Cristina ^a   Masini, Matilde ^a   Bugliani, Marco ^a   Suleiman, Mara ^a   Masiello, Pellegrino ^a   Boggi, Ugo ^a   Filipponi, Franco ^a   Dotta, Francesco ^b   Marchetti, Piero ^a   Di Cianni, Graziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gestational diabetes; Insulin secretion; Pancreatic islets; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; PANCREAS ISLET; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS;

ACINAR CELLS; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARGININE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYBURIDE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80052737348     PISSN: 19382014     EISSN: 19382022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/isl.3.5.15940     Document Type: Article

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