Transgenic porcine valves show no signs of delayed cardiac xenograft rejection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Chen, Raymond H ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD59 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BABOON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; XENOGRAFT;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, CD59; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PAPIO; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 0035025270     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02505-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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