Pretransplant HOMA-β Is Predictive of Insulin Independence in 7 Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis Undergoing Islet Autotransplantation
Background. Islet and β-cell function is intrinsic to glucose homeostasis. Pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation (PIAT) for chronic pancreatitis (CP) treatment is a useful model for assessing islet function in the absence of immune-suppression and to perform extensive presurgical metabolic ev...
Main Authors: | Christine A. Beamish, PhD, A. Osama Gaber, MD, Daniel W. Fraga, MBA, Dale J. Hamilton, MD, Omaima M. Sabek, PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2022-10-01
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Series: | Transplantation Direct |
Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001367 |
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