Creation of the 'thymoheart' allograft: Implantation of autologous thymus into the heart prior to procurement

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 810-814

  Lambrigts, Denis ^a,b   Menard, Matthew T ^a   Alexandre, Guy P J ^b   Franssen, Colette ^b   Meurisse, Michel ^b   Van Calster, Pascale ^a   Coignoul, Fred ^b   Mawulawde, Kwabena ^a   Choo, Joseph K ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Erhorn, Angelique E ^a   Slisz, Joanna K ^a   Chiotellis, Peter ^a   Aretz, H Thomas ^a   Sachs, David H ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032572981     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199809270-00019     Document Type: Article

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