Organ procurement and perfusion before transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-80

  Tullius, Stefan G ^a   García Cardeña, Guillermo ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PERFUSION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PULSATILE FLOW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CADAVER; COLD; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CADAVER; COLD TEMPERATURE; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 58249090944     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe0809215     Document Type: Editorial

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