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" Fetal Islet Transplantation "
edited by Charles M. Peterson, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, Bent Formby.
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BL
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736713
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b556578
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edited by Charles M. Peterson, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, Bent Formby.
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Fetal Islet Transplantation\ edited by Charles M. Peterson, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, Bent Formby.
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Boston, MA: Springer US, 1995
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(x, 191 pages)
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1461519810
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: 9781461519812
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1. Protocols for Enhancing Function of Fetal Islets in Vitro and following Transplantation --;2. Expression of Two Non-Allelic REG Genes in the Developing Human Pancreas: Effects in Vitro of Nicotinamide and Maternal Growth Factors --;3. Preparation of Fetal Islets for Transplantation: Importance of Growth Factors --;4. Studies of Fetal Porcine Islet-like Cell Clusters-A Tissue Source for Xenotransplantation in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus? --;5. Basic Biology of Pig Fetal Pancreas and Its Use as an Allograft --;6. Combined Transplantation of Adult and Fetal Islets for Improvement of Graft Function: Prospective Approach for Diabetes Treatment --;7. Studies on Pretreatment of Human Fetal Islet in Vitro and Clinical Islet Transplantation in China --;8. The Use of Human Fetal Islet Tissue for Adjunctive Treatment in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients: The Case for 'Partial Success' --;9. Long-Term Studies with Cultured and Cryopreserved Human Fetal Islets for Islet Transplantation in Hungary --;10. Fetal Islet Transplantation and Pregnancy --;11. Encapsulated Human Islet Transplant Trials in Type I Diabetic Patients --;12. Optimal Surveillance of Diabetic Eye Disease --;13. Detection of Pancreatic Islet Transplant Rejection --;14. Networking for the Collection of Fetal Islet Tissues --;15. Consensus Session Summary: Second International Symposium on Fetal Islet Transplantation --;Contributors.
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Thus the attempt to of vascularization, growth and development, immunologic toler- recapitulate the ontogeny ance, and glucose responsive insulin secretory capacity of fetal islet tissue provides a tantalizing possibility to replace insulin secreting tissue in persons with diabetes.
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Immunology.
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Medicine.
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Toxicology.
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RD599.5.I84E358 1995
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Bent Formby
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Charles M Peterson
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Lois Jovanovic-Peterson
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