Cryopreservation and microsurgical implantation of rabbit carotid arteries

Cell Preservation Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Cui, Xiangdong ^a   Labarrere, Carlos ^b   He, Liqun ^c   Cheng, Shuxia ^c   Siderys, Harry ^b   Kovacs, Richard ^b   Gao, Dayong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR PATENCY; WARMING;

ANIMALIA; LYCIUM ANDERSONII; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0042197176     PISSN: 1538344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153834402320882629     Document Type: Article

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