Break of tolerance via donor-specific blood transfusion by high doses of steroids: A differential effect after intestinal transplantation and heart transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3153-3155

  Koshiba, T ^a   Kitade, H ^a   Waer, M ^a   Mathieu, C ^a   Van Damme, B ^a   Pirenne, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE GRAFT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0347131286     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2003.10.042     Document Type: Article

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