Long-term function of fish islet xenografts in mice by alginate encapsulation

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-32

  Yang, Hua ^a   O'Hali, Wael ^a   Kearns, Heather ^a   Wright Jr , James R ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; TELEOST; XENOGRAFT;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUANIDINES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; PERCIFORMES; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030798108     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199707150-00006     Document Type: Article

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