The development of new density gradient media for purifying human islets and islet-quality assessments.

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Published in Transplantation on January 15, 2004

Authors

Guo Cai Huang1, Min Zhao, Peter Jones, Shanta Persaud, Reshma Ramracheya, Kristian Löbner, Michael R Christie, J Paul Banga, Mark Peakman, Parthi Sirinivsan, Mohammed Rela, Nigel Heaton, Stephanie Amiel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, King's College GKT Medical School, London, UK. guo.huang@kcl.ac.uk

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