Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway - Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9665, 2009, Pages 718-719

  Macchiarini, P ^a   Birchall, M ^b   Hollander, A ^c   Mantero, S ^d   Conconi, MT ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; CARTILAGE CELL; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRACHEA; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 60649087789     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60431-1     Document Type: Letter

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