Benefits and Risks of Solitary Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes Using Steroid-Sparing Immunosuppression
Open Access
- 1 December 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 26 (12), 3288-3295
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.12.3288
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—The aim of this study was to describe the National Institutes of Health’s experience initiating an islet isolation and transplantation center, including descriptions of our first six recipients, and lessons learned.Keywords
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