International workshop: Islet transplantation without borders enabling islet transplantation in Greece with international collaboration and innovative technology

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Papas, Klearchos K ^a   Karatzas, Theodore ^b   Berney, Thierry ^c   Minor, Thomas ^d   Pappas, Paris ^b   Pattou, François ^e   Shaw, James ^f   Toso, Christian ^c   Schuurman, Henk Jan ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SchuBiomed Consultancy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical islet transplantation; Continuous glucose monitoring; GRAGIL network; Greece; Immunosuppression; Islet shipment; National Commission Group Islet Transplant Centre; National Scottish Islet Transplant centre; Network approach in islet transplantation; Pancreas preservation; Persufflation

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; COLD ISCHEMIA; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LYMPHOCYTE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; T CELL DEPLETION; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP;

ARIZONA; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84876076412     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12066     Document Type: Article

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