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Comment
. 2013 Oct;62(10):3333-5.
doi: 10.2337/db13-1039.

A new home for pancreatic islet transplants: the bone marrow

Antonello Pileggi  1 , Camillo Ricordi
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Comment

A new home for pancreatic islet transplants: the bone marrow

Antonello Pileggi et al. Diabetes. 2013 Oct.
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Figures

FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Schematics of intra-BM islet transplantation and graft microenvironment.
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Comment on

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation in human bone marrow.
    Maffi P, Balzano G, Ponzoni M, Nano R, Sordi V, Melzi R, Mercalli A, Scavini M, Esposito A, Peccatori J, Cantarelli E, Messina C, Bernardi M, Del Maschio A, Staudacher C, Doglioni C, Ciceri F, Secchi A, Piemonti L. Maffi P, et al. Diabetes. 2013 Oct;62(10):3523-31. doi: 10.2337/db13-0465. Epub 2013 Jun 3. Diabetes. 2013. PMID: 23733196 Free PMC article.

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