Transplant tolerance: Will genes protect the graft?

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9118, 1998, Pages 1749-1751

  Benigni, A ^a   Remuzzi, G ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ADENOVIRUS; CANCER; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0032513969     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78739-0     Document Type: Note

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