Morphologic study of homograft valves before and after cryopreservation and after short-term implantation in patients

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-42

  Goffin, Y A H ^a,e   Henriques De Gouveia, R ^a,b   Szombathelyi, T ^a,c   Toussaint, M J M ^d   Gruys, E ^d  

^a European Homograft Bank   (Belgium)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA CRUZ   (Portugal)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0343416942     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(96)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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