Role of the thymus in transplantation tolerance in miniature swine: II. Effect of steroids and age on the induction of tolerance to class I mismatched renal allografts

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 458-467

  Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Gianello, Pierre R ^a   Ierino, Francesco L ^a   Fishbein, Jonathan ^a   Lorf, Thomas ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Colvin, Robert B ^a   Sachs, David H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

EID: 0033557297     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199902150-00020     Document Type: Article

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