Hamster cardiac xenograft in rat ear: Effect of cyclosporine A and leflunomide on survival

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 409-414

  Ikeda, Ken ^a   Hirano, Masako ^a   Takeuchi, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Toshimitsu ^a   Tomioka, Kenichi ^a  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine A; Leflunomide; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; LEFLUNOMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EAR; HAMSTER; HEART GRAFT; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRICETINAE; CYCLOSPORINE; EAR; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030158739     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(96)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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