Is pig kidney suitable for humans?;L'homme peut-il vivre avec un rein de porc?

Nephrologie

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Valentin, Jean François ^a,b   Lebranchu, Y ^a   Nivet, H ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Pig (swine); Renal physiology; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0032768588     PISSN: 02504960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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