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Development and perspectives of experimental pancreas transplantation in the Rat
Author(s) -
Timmermann Wolfgang,
Schang Thomas,
Stoffregen Clemens,
Schubert Gerhard,
Thiede Arnulf
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920110210
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , pancreas transplantation , pancreas , organ transplantation , surgery , kidney transplantation
Whole organ pancreas transplantation in the rat was first described by Sun Lee in 1972. Since that time the basic technique has been modified in several ways and this model can now be used for a variety of experiments. Various techniques for transplantation and representative results of functional and immunological experiments are summarized.