Complete withdrawal of immunosuppression in allograft recipients: A study in rhesus monkeys

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1648-1651

  Leonard, Anette A ^a   Jonker, Margreet ^b   Lagaaij, Emma L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STEROID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0029952577     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199606150-00017     Document Type: Article

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