Long-term studies of cold-stored rabbit femoral artery and vein autografts

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 291-299

  Crowe, Daniel M ^a   Hurley, John V ^a   Mitchell, Geraldine M ^a   Niazi, Zahid ^a   Morrison, Wayne A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; GRAFT PATENCY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THROMBUS; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0032103460     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.0020     Document Type: Article

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