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Influence of donor age on islet isolation and transplantation outcome |
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Published in | Transplantation. 2011, vol. 91, no. 3, p. 360-6 | |
Abstract | It has been suggested that the age of human organ donors might influence islet isolation and transplantation outcome in a negative way due to a decrease of in vivo function in islets isolated from older donors. | |
Keywords | Adult — Age Factors — Blood Glucose/metabolism — Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/drug therapy/surgery — Female — Humans — Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use — Insulin/therapeutic use — Islets of Langerhans/physiology/surgery — Islets of Langerhans Transplantation/physiology — Male — Middle Aged — Retrospective Studies — Tissue Donors — Treatment Outcome | |
Identifiers | PMID: 21344706 | |
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Research groups | Chirurgie viscérale (104) Chirurgie viscérale (HUG) Hépatologie chirurgicale (327) La transplantation d'îlots de Langerhans (623) Transplantation et hépatologie (905) | |
Citation (ISO format) | NICLAUSS, Nadja et al. Influence of donor age on islet isolation and transplantation outcome. In: Transplantation, 2011, vol. 91, n° 3, p. 360-6. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31820385e6 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:24934 |