A new model of corneal transplantation in the miniature pig: Efficacy of immunosuppressive treatment

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1401-1403

  Tavandzi, Urania ^a,b   Procházka, Radek ^c   Usvald, Dušan ^c   Hlučílová, Jana ^c   Vitásková, Martina ^c   Motlík, Jan ^c   Vítová, Andrea ^a,d   Filipec, Martin ^b,d   Forrester, John V ^e   Holáň, Vladimír ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b Eye Clinic Lexum   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; High risk recipients; Immunosuppression; Pigs

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DONOR SELECTION; DONOR SITE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 34249073047     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000261711.08833.a1     Document Type: Article

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