RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Islet transplant: an option for childhood diabetes?
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 591
OP 594
DO 10.1136/adc.88.7.591
VO 88
IS 7
A1 E Hathout
A1 J Lakey
A1 J Shapiro
YR 2003
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/7/591.abstract
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.