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Islet transplant: an option for childhood diabetes?
1 Director, Pediatric Diabetes Center and Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, Loma Linda, USA
2 Director, Clinical Islet Isolation Laboratory, University of Alberta
3 Director, Clinical Islet Transplant Program and Clinical Research Chair in Transplantation, University of Alberta
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Dr J Shapiro, Director, Clinical Islet Transplant Program, Clinical Research Chair in Transplantation (CIHR/Wyeth Canada), Roberts Centre, University of Alberta, 2000 College Plaza, 8215 112 St, Edmonton AB, Canada T6G 2C8;
amjs{at}islet.ca
Careful assessment of the safety and efficacy of islet transplantation should guide the selection process of a small number of children with type 1 diabetes who may be eligible for the procedure—some of whom are already receiving immunosuppression because of a previous transplant, others who are scheduled to receive de novo islet alone transplantation because of a life threatening risk of hypoglycemia. The outcomes of these initial investigations are predicted to shape the future boundaries of islet transplantation, diabetes, and transplantation.
Keywords: islet transplant; diabetes
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Arch. Dis. Child. 2003 88: 557.
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