Highly sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction assays for detection of baboon and pig cells following xenotransplantation in humans

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1360-1362

  Heneine, Walid ^a   Switzer, William M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BABOON; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SWINE; VIRUS INFECTION; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; PAPIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 0030462416     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199611150-00033     Document Type: Article

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