Effect of cryopreservation on patency and histological changes of arterial isogeneic and allogeneic grafts in the rat model

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 404-409

  Komorowska Timek, Ewa ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Shi, De Yuan ^a   Lineaweaver, William C ^a   Buncke, Harry J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMORAL ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; ISOGRAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0036789388     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200210000-00012     Document Type: Article

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