The Effect of Transplantation Site and Islet Mass on Long-Term Survival and Metabolic and Hormonal Function of Canine Purified Islet Autografts

Determination of the long-term function of islet transplantation in relation to the implantation site and the numbers of islets is of scientific interest and, with human islet transplant trials in progress, is a pressing clinical question. In this study, highly purified canine islets were isolated b...

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Main Authors: David W. Scharp, Piero Marchetti, Carol Swanson, Melisa Newton, Christopher S. Mccullough, Barbara Olack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 1992-03-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0963689792001002-306