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Combined pancreatic islet-lung transplantation: a novel approach to the treatment of end-stage cystic fibrosis.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Jul 2010
Kessler L, Bakopoulou S, Kessler R, Massard G, Santelmo N, Greget M, Moreau F, Helms O, Bosco D, Gasche-Soccal P, Morel P, Wolf P, Berney T
Abstract excerpt
Patients with end-stage cystic fibrosis (CF) and severe CF-related diabetes (CFRD) may benefit from combined lung-pancreatic islet transplantation. In the present study, we report the long-term follow-up of four end-stage CF patients treated with combined bilateral lung and pancreatic islet transplantation from the same donor. All patients were C-peptide negative (<0.5 microg/L) and inadequately controlled...
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