Transplantation of the cryopreserved tracheal allograft in growing rabbits: Effect of immunosuppressant

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 881-885

  Hisamatsu, Chieko ^a   Maeda, Kosaku ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Okita, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital tracheal stenosis; Cryopreserved allograft; Immunosuppressant; Tracheal transplantation

Indexed keywords

TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIFICATION; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EPITHELIUM; FIBROSIS; GRAFT PATENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRACHEA; TRACHEA GRAFT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RABBITS; TACROLIMUS; TRACHEA;

EID: 33750380896     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1757-x     Document Type: Article

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