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Whole organ pancreas and pancreatic islet transplantation
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), formerly known as “juvenile diabetes,” is characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from the nearly complete destruction of insulin-producing β-cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. The loss of β-cells is the result of a T lymphocyte–mediated…