Swine Hemi-Facial Composite Tissue Allotransplantation: A Model to Study Immune Rejection

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 268-273

  Kuo, Yur Ren ^a   Shih, Hsiang Shun ^a   Lin, Chien Chih ^a   Huang, Chung Cheng ^a   Yang, Johnson Chia Shen ^a   Wu, Wen Sheng ^a   Goto, Shigeru ^b   Chen, Chao Long ^b   Lee, W P Andrew ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

composite tissue allotransplantation; hemi facial transplantation; immune rejection; swine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CARTILAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SWINE; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FACE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 64849098644     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.03.050     Document Type: Article

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