Striated Muscle as Implantation Site for Transplanted Pancreatic Islets

Islet transplantation is an attractive treatment for selected patients with brittle type 1 diabetes. In the clinical setting, intraportal transplantation predominates. However, due to extensive early islet cell death, the quantity of islets needed to restore glucose homeostasis requires in general a...

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Main Authors: Daniel Espes, Olof Eriksson, Joey Lau, Per-Ola Carlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/352043
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