Effect of aminoguanidine and cyclosporine on lung allograft rejection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Mattsson, Pella ^a   Zeevi, Adriana ^a   Cai, Jane ^a   Yousem, Samuel A ^a   Hoffman, Rosemary ^a   Nalesnik, Michael ^a   Burckart, Gilbert J ^a   Geller, David ^a   Griffith, Bartley P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030200093     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00296-2     Document Type: Article

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