Age-dependent Chronic Rejection After Experimental Heart Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1099-1102

  Holinski, Sebastian ^a   Modersohn, Diethelm ^a   Proch, Corinna ^b   Meyer, Rudolf ^b   Konertz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPLANT; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART BEAT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 33748132140     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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