Composite 'Thymoheart' Transplantation Improves Cardiac Allograft Survival

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-86

  Menard, Matthew T ^a   Schwarze, Margaret L ^a   Allan, James S ^a,b   Johnston, Douglas R ^a   Mawulawde, Kwabena ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Yamada, Kazuhiko ^a   Houser, Stuart L ^a   Allison, Kenneth S ^a   Sachs, David H ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Swine; Thymus; Tolerance; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOHEART TRANSPLANTATION; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 10744229979     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6143.2003.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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