Heart valves from pigs and the porcine endogenous retrovirus: Experimental and clinical data to assess the probability of porcine endogenous retrovirus infection in human subjects

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 697-701

  Moza, Ajay Kumar ^a   Mertsching, H ^a   Herden, T ^a   Bader, A ^a,b   Haverich, A ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035323942     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.112530     Document Type: Article

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