MHC expression in syngeneic and allogeneic retinal cell transplants in the rat

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-85

  Larsson, Jörgen ^a   Juliusson, Bengt ^a   Holmdahl, Richard ^a   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 0032973810     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050199     Document Type: Article

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