No evidence of pig DNA or retroviral infection in patients with short-term extracorporeal connection to pig kidneys

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9129, 1998, Pages 699-701

  Patience, Clive ^a   Patton, Gillian S ^b   Takeuchi, Yasuhim ^c   Weiss, Robin A ^a   McClure, Myra O ^d   Rydberg, Lennart ^a   Ebreimer, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c and Surgery

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032578268     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)04369-4     Document Type: Article

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