Splenectomy of the fetal lamb early in development as a model for congenital asplenia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-45

  King, Karen J ^a   Mccullagh, Peter ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Fetus; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAMB; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETUS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; SHEEP; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0035168549     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2001.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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