The risk of infection in xenotransplantation introduction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 862, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-51

  Fishman, Jay A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; INFECTION RISK; PRIMATE; RECIPIENT; RETROVIRUS; SAFETY; SWINE; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

PRIMATES; SUS SCROFA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032424114     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09116.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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