The current state of pancreas transplantation

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 555-562

  Gruessner, Rainer W G ^a   Gruessner, Angelika C ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY GRAFT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; UREMIA;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882671703     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.138     Document Type: Review

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