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Prevention of autoimmune diabetes in the BB rat by intrathymic islet transplantation at birth

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  1. Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    A. M. Posselt, C. F. Barker, A. L. Friedman & A. Naji

  2. The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, 04609

    Edward H. Leiter (Senior Staff Scientist)

  3. Department of Immunology, Barbara Davis Center or Childhood Diabetes University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

    Ronald G. Gill

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Posselt, A.M., Barker, C.F., Friedman, A.L. et al. Prevention of autoimmune diabetes in the BB rat by intrathymic islet transplantation at birth. J Endocrinol Invest 17, 595–599 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03347756

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