Mechanisms underlying degeneration of cryopreserved vascular homografts

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1014-1021

  Neves, J P ^a   Gulbenkian, S ^a   Ramos, T ^a   Martins, A P ^a   Caldas, M C ^a   Mascarenhas, R ^a   Guerreiro, M ^a   Matoso Ferreira, A ^a   Santos, R ^a   Monteiro, C ^a   Melo, J O ^a   Macedo, M M ^a   Hogan, P G ^a  

^a Instituto do Coracao   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRAFT PRESERVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SHEEP; TISSUE DEGENERATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030947482     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70286-1     Document Type: Article

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