An examination of tissue chimerism in the ACI to Lewis rat cardiac transplant model

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Frede, Susan E ^a   Levy, Adam E ^a   Alexander, J Wesley ^a   Babcock, George F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREQUINAR; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; RAPAMYCIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0030248685     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(96)80022-0     Document Type: Article

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