C Toso, R Baertschiger, P Morel, D Bosco, M … - American Journal of …, 2006 - pt.wkhealth.com The aim of this study was to assess the efficiency and safety of the Edmonton immunosuppression
protocol in recipients of islet-after-kidney (IAK) grafts. Fifteen islet infusions were administered
to 8 patients with type 1 diabetes and a functioning kidney graft. Immunosuppression was ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
U Del Carro, P Fiorina, S Amadio, L De Toni … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Eighteen KI-s patients underwent electroneurographic
tests of sural, peroneal, ulnar, and median nerves: the nerve conduction velocity (NCV) index
and amplitudes of both sensory action potentials (SAPs) and compound motor action ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PJ O Connell, WJ Hawthorne, DJ Holmes-Walker, … - Medical Journal of …, 2006 - mja.com.au Patients Patients eligible for selection for our study had had type 1 diabetes mellitus for more
that 5 years and were aged between 18 and 65 years. Additionally, they had recurrent severe
hypoglycaemia unawareness with coma that required constant monitoring or regular ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
A Pileggi, R Alejandro, C Ricordi - Current Opinion in Organ …, 2006 - journals.lww.com Purpose of review Clinical islet transplantation has evolved rapidly in recent years and current
clinical trials are showing the benefits of this therapeutic approach for patients with diabetes.
New challenges are emerging and must be overcome in order to extend this therapeutic ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
P Fiorina, A Secchi - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North …, 2007 - Elsevier Islet cell transplantation recently has emerged as one the most promising therapeutic approaches
to improving glycometabolic control in type 1 diabetic patients, and, in many cases, to obtaining
insulin independence. Islet cell transplantation requires a relatively short hospital stay ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - All 17 versions
P Fiorina, AMJ Shapiro, C Ricordi, A Secchi, A … - Am J Transplant, 2008 - sorgente-salute.it Islet cell transplantation has recently emerged as one of the most promising therapeutic approaches
to im- proving glycometabolic control in diabetic patients and, in many cases, achieving insulin
independence. Unfortunately, many persistent flaws still prevent islet transplantation from ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 11 versions
A Casu, R Bottino, AN Balamurugan, H Hara, DJ van … - Diabetologia, 2008 - Springer Page 1. ARTICLE Metabolic aspects of pig-to-monkey (Macaca fascicularis) islet transplantation:
implications for translation into clinical practice A. Casu & R. Bottino & AN Balamurugan & H.
Hara & DJ van der Windt & N. Campanile & C. Smetanka & DKC Cooper & M. Trucco ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
TC Lee, NR Barshes, EE Agee, CA O'Mahoney, FC … - Current Diabetes …, 2006 - Springer Introduction Diabetes mellitus is a disease that afflicts approximately 20 million people in the
United States and is one of the most common medical afflictions [1]. The disease has profound
effects on end-organ function, such as diabetic neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
P Fiorina, A Vergani, A Petrelli, F D'Addio, L Monti, … - Diabetes Care, 2008 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We measured several metabolic and immunological
markers at the time of pretransplant and several time points posttransplantation in 17 patients
with long-term functioning graft (long fx) and 20 patients with short-term functioning graft ( ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
