PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - E Hathout AU - J Lakey AU - J Shapiro TI - Islet transplant: an option for childhood diabetes? AID - 10.1136/adc.88.7.591 DP - 2003 Jul 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 591--594 VI - 88 IP - 7 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/7/591.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/7/591.full SO - Arch Dis Child2003 Jul 01; 88 AB - 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.