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This study aimed to create and validate a predictive model for renal function following live kidney donation, using pre-donation factors. Accurately predicting remaining renal function post live kidney donatio...
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Technical failure of the pancreas graft was a major problem in all categories of pancreas transplant. It dropped in all three categories between the periods of 2001–2005 and 2011–2016, but this improvement was...
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In contrast to kidney transplantation, the technical failure rate and in particular the arterial or venous thrombosis rate were initially higher for pancreas transplantation using living (vs cadaver) donors. T...
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Islet isograft transplantation improves insulin sensitivity in a murine model of type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes develops in the presence of chronic overnutrition and genetic susceptibility, and causes insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. We hypothesized that islet transplantation can impro...
