151. (Journal Article): Unresolved Issues about Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: An Overview

Testoni PA
 
ABSTRACT: Pancreatitis represents the most common and feared complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography. Since the introduction of ERCP into clinical practice, many a...

152. (Journal Article): The Impact on Clinical Practice of Endoscopic Ultrasonography Used for the Diagnosis and Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Queneau PE, Sauvé G, Koch S, Thibault P, Cléau D, Heyd B, Mantion G, Carayon P
 
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT: Endoscopic ultrasonography is considered a highly accurate procedure for diagnosing small pancreatic tumors and assessing their locoregional extension. OBJECTIVE: To evalu...

153. (Journal Article): Allograft Pancreatic Duct Dilatation Following Bladder Drained Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: Clinical Significance

Ciancio G, Montalvo B, Roth D, Miller J, Burke GW
 
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE: Radiologic imaging of the allograft pancreatic duct dilatation is an uncommon multifactorial finding that is not well described. The purpose of this investigation is to ...

154. (Journal Article): Portal venous pressure changes after sequential clinical islet transplantation.

Casey JJ, Lakey JR, Ryan EA, Paty BW, Owen R, O'Kelly K, Nanji S, Rajotte RV, Korbutt GS, Bigam D, Kneteman NN, Shapiro AM
 
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Sequential pancreatic islet transplantation via the portal vein has led to insulin independence in patients with type 1 diabetes. Complications associated with the inje...

155. (Journal Article): The beta cell in autoimmune diabetes: many mechanisms and pathways of loss.

Kay TW, Thomas HE, Harrison LC, Allison J
 
ABSTRACT: Death of pancreatic beta cells is the final step in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes before it becomes clinically apparent. Applying recent basic research about how cells die to...

156. (Journal Article): The infusion of ex vivo activated and expanded CD4(+)CD25(+) immune regulatory cells inhibits graft-versus-host disease lethality.

Taylor PA, Lees CJ, Blazar BR
 
ABSTRACT: Immune regulatory CD4(+)CD25(+) cells play a vital role in the induction and maintenance of self-tolerance and the prevention of autoimmunity. Recently, CD4(+)CD25(+) cells have be...

157. (Journal Article): The Application of Umbilical Cord Blood Cells in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

Koblas T, Harman SM, Saudek F
 
ABSTRACT: In recent years, human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) has emerged as an attractive tool for cell-based therapy. Although at present the clinical application of HUCB is limited to the ...

158. (Journal Article): Pancreatic Pseudocysts Following Acute Pancreatitis: Risk Factors Influencing Therapeutic Outcomes

Soliani P, Franzini C, Ziegler S, Del Rio P, Dell'Abate P, Piccolo D, Japichino GG, Cavestro GM, Di Mario F, Sianesi M
 
ABSTRACT: CONTEXT: The natural history of pancreatic pseudocysts has become well known in recent years, but the choice of a proper treatment still remains controversial. OBJECTIVE: This stud...

159. (Journal Article): Cholesterol Emboli Syndrome in Type 2 Diabetes: The Disease History of a Case Evaluated with Renal Scintigraphy

Piccoli GB, Sargiotto A, Burdese M, Colla L, Bilucaglia D, Magnano A, Consiglio V, Piccoli G, Picciotto G
 
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Cholesterol crystal emboli syndrome (CCE) is an emerging disease, whose progression reflects the currently observed increase in cardiovascular diseases. Diagnostic crit...

160. (Journal Article): Differential Postprandial Lipoprotein Responses in Type 2 Diabetic Men with and without Clinical Evidence of a Former Myocardial Infarction

Carstensen M, Thomsen C, Gotzsche O, Holst JJ, Schrezenmeir J, Hermansen K
 
ABSTRACT: Postprandial lipemia plays an important role in the development of coronary heart disease through an elevation of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. In type 2 diabetic male subjects, ...