Islet transplantation: overcoming the organ shortage
Abstract Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a condition resulting from autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells, leading patients to require lifelong insulin therapy, which, most often, does not avoid the most common complications of this disease. Transplantation of isolated pancreatic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-07-01
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Series: | Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13098-023-01089-8 |