Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21 , October 2004

Insulin secretory characteristics of monkey pancreatic islets: a simple method of islet isolation and the effect of various density gradients on separation

  • A.N. Balamurugan

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, E 1506 Biomedical Science Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Tel.: +1-412-692-6644; fax: +1-412-692-5809.
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  • Banumathi Ramakrishna
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  • S. Gunasekaran

Received 18 February 2003 ,Revised 16 February 2004 ,Accepted 18 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.02.012

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 66, Issue 1 , Pages 13-21 , October 2004

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