Xenotransplantation - Ethics and immunological hurdles!

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 311-318

  Shankarkumar, U ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FRANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANOGENESIS; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; ETHICS; REVIEW;

HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0141462790     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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