Prolonged Survival With FK778 (Malononitrilamide) Monotherapy After Small Bowel Transplantation: A Large Animal Study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2021-2023

  Zonta, S ^a   Alessiani, M ^a   Vigano J ^a   Doni, M ^a   Bardone, M ^a   Dominioni, T ^a   De Martino, M ^a   Scaglione, M ^a   Vicini, E ^a   Filisetti, C ^a   Biroli, A ^a   Bottazzi, A ^a   Villa, C ^a   Morbini, P ^a   Dionigi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 CYANO 3 HYDROXY N [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 6 HEPTYNAMIDE; TACROLIMUS; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALKYNES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; INTESTINE, SMALL; ISOXAZOLES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRILES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34547577615     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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