Human islet transplantation - state of the art

Currently, only vascularized pancreas transplantation can reestablishlong-term normoglycemia but the scenario has beenassociated with significant morbidity and mortality. An attractivealternative that was clinically proposed approximately 25 yearsago is islet transplantation, because it avoids both...

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Main Authors: Eleazar Chaib, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues, Marcelo Augusto Ribeiro Jr, Willian Abrão Saad, Ivan Cecconello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2005-12-01
Series:Einstein (São Paulo)
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Online Access:http://www.einstein.br/revista/biblioteca/artigos/vol3/num_4/Vol3_N4_P281.pdf