Immunologic responses in vascularized and nonvascularized skin allografts

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 497-505

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Nasir, Serdar ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Skin allografts; Skin immune system; Transplantation immunology; Vascularized skin allografts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPH VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 55449122914     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088232     Document Type: Article

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