Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , March 2009

Case report: diabetic myonecrosis of the neck complicated by infection in an islet transplanted patient

  • Payam Salehi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Margaret A. Stull

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Joan Martellotto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Antonio Gangemi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Betul Hatipoglu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Enrico Benedetti

      Affiliations

    • Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Josè Oberholzer

      Affiliations

    • Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Transplantation, MC 958, University of Illinois at Chicago, Clinical Sciences Building, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Tel.: +1 312 996 6774; fax: +1 312 413 3483.

Received 13 June 2007 ,Revised 31 January 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2008.02.007

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , March 2009

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