Reversal of diabetic nephropathy: Lessons from pancreas transplantation

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Fioretto, Paola ^a   Mauer, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic nephropathy; Glomerular lesions; Glycemic control; Morphometric analysis; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOSE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLOMERULAR STRUCTURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; GLOMERULUS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862269525     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000061     Document Type: Article

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