PubMed ID:
27571180
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2016
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (M.R.R., A.J.P., C.D.-B., S.M.K., K.L.T.) and Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation (E.M., A.N.), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104; and the Monell Chemical Senses Center (K.L.T.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-1649
Authors:
Dalton-Bakes C,
Kong SM,
Markmann E,
Naji A,
Peleckis AJ,
Rickels MR,
Teff KL
Islet transplantation has been shown to improve glucose counterregulation and hypoglycemia symptom recognition in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) complicated by severe hypoglycemia episodes and symptom unawareness, but long-term data are lacking.