Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 1532-1533 , June 2004

Assessment of human pancreatic islets after long distance transportation

  • Z Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Zandong Yang, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, PO Box 801413, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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  • M Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • S Deng

      Affiliations

    • Department ofSurgery (L.L., K.B.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • J.D Ellett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • R Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • L Langman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (S.D., J.M.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • J.D Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • L.B Fialkow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • J Markmann

      Affiliations

    • Department ofSurgery (L.L., K.B.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • J.L Nadler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine (Z.Y., M.C., J.D.E., R.W., J.D.C., L.B.F., J.L.N.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    • ,
  • K Brayman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery (S.D., J.M.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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☆ This study was supported by the Islet Replacement Research Foundation and by grants from the National Institutes of Health (DK062610, DK055240, and DK063609).

PII: S0041-1345(04)00507-X

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.04.075

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 1532-1533 , June 2004

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