Histological differences in full-thickness vs. lamellar corneal pig-to-rabbit xenotransplantation

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-82

  Oh, Joo Youn ^a,b   Kim, Mee Kum ^a,b   Ko, Jung Hwa ^a,b   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a,b   Park, Chung Gyu ^a,b   Kim, Sang Joon ^a,b   Wee, Won Ryang ^a,b   Lee, Jin Hak ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cornea; Full thickness; Lamellar; Penetrating; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; GRAFT REJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SWINE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EOSINOPHILS; GRAFT REJECTION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; RABBITS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 61849113219     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2008.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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