Number of Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas
Range | ~250,000 islets of Langerhans/pancreas |
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Organism | Human Homo sapiens |
Reference | Leslie, Robbins (eds.) 1995 Diabetes: clinical science in practice, Howell, Regulation of insulin synthesis, p.1 left column top paragraph |
Comments | "The human pancreas contains ~250,000 individual islets of Langerhans." See BNID 109966, 113104 |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 109961 |