Open AccessIMPROVED SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS AND END-STAGE DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY 10 YEARS AFTER COMBINED PANCREAS AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION1
Author(s) -
G Tydén,
Jan Bolinder,
Göran Solders,
C Brattström,
Annika Tibell,
C. G. Groth
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199903150-00001
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycated hemoglobin , diabetic nephropathy , pancreas transplantation , transplantation , pancreas , glycemic , kidney , insulin , nephropathy , kidney transplantation , endocrinology , gastroenterology , urology , type 2 diabetes
The purpose of pancreatic transplantation in insulin-dependent diabetic patients is to restore normoglycemia and thereby prevent the secondary complications of diabetes. However, uncertainty remains as to whether the mortality rate in diabetic patients can be affected by this procedure.