Homograft valve failure in children [6]

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1044-1045

  Ross, D B ^a   Hamilton, G R ^a   Wright J R , Jr ^a   Lee, T D G ^a  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0032923444     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70405-8     Document Type: Letter

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