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Predictability and other aspects of post-transplant diabetes mellitus in heart transplant recipients.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Jul 2001
Nieuwenhuis M G, Kirkels J H
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus that develops after organ transplantation may predispose patients to further complications. We studied the value of pre-transplant oral glucose tolerance testing or maximum random plasma glucose, and HLA-DR3 and/or DR4 phenotype as predictors of post-transplantation diabetes mellitus in heart transplant recipients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In 228 cardiac allograft recipients (median...
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