Splenic tissue autotransplantation in rabbits: No restoration of host defense

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Tang, Wen hao ^a   Wu, Fu le ^a   Huang, Mao kui ^a   Friess, Helmut ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Pneumococci; Rabbits; Splenectomy; Splenic autotransplantation; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPLEEN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

EID: 0037267655     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-002-0334-6     Document Type: Article

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