Transplantation performance of human skin cryopreserved by programmed or stepwise freezing and stored at -80° C or -180° C

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 421-428

  Ben Bassat, Hannah ^a   Strauss, Nurit ^a   Ron, Michal ^a   Chaouat, Malka ^a   Breiterman, Semion ^a   Israeli, Abraham ^a   Wexler, Menachem R ^a   Eldad, Arieh ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CRYOPRESERVATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029738130     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199609000-00009     Document Type: Article

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