Histologic and immunohistochemical responses after aortic valve allografts in the rat

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Green, Marjorie K ^a   Walsh, Michael D ^a   Dare, Anthony ^b   Hogan, Patrick G ^a   Zhao, Xiao Ming ^b   Frazer, Ian H ^a   Bansal, Amolak S ^a   O'Brien, Mark F ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOGRAFT; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AORTIC VALVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COUNT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0032467811     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)01123-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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