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Functional β-Cell Mass and Insulin Sensitivity Is Decreased in Insulin-Independent Pancreas-Kidney Recipients

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19

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32

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2009

Year

Pieter Gillard, Evy Vandemeulebroucke, Bart Keymeulen, Jacques Pirenne, Bart Maes, Pieter De Pauw, Yves Vanrenterghem, Daniël Pipeleers, Chantal Mathieu
Transplantation

Abstract

Using a hyperglycemic clamp, the functional beta-cell mass in insulin-independent pancreas-kidney recipients was found to be 37% and 20% lower than in healthy controls and nondiabetic kidney recipients.

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