The Use of Cryopreserved Microvenous Allografts in the Venous System Without Immunosuppression: An Experimental Study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Ahn, Christina Y ^a   Narayanan, Krishna ^b   Tran, Sothi ^a,c   Monstrey, Stan ^d   Liang, Marc D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e 64 140 CHS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUGUST COPENHAGEN IRISH RAT; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; LEWIS RAT; RAT; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, INBRED ACI; RATS, INBRED LEW; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEINS;

EID: 0030202528     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199608000-00010     Document Type: Article

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