Fate of Allogeneic Skin Transplantations in a Marsupial (Monodelphis domestica)

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-287

  Stone, William H ^a,b   Manis, G Scott ^a   Hoffman, Eric S ^a   Saphire, Diane G ^a   Hubbard, Gene B ^b   VandeBerg, John L ^c  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SW Found for Biomedical Research ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; METHOXYFLURANE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; OPOSSUMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031397614     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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