Correlation of chimerism with graft size and revascularization in vascularized and nonvascularized skin allografts

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-438

  Nasir, Serdar ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Krokowicz, Lukasz ^a   Klimczak, Aleksandra ^a   Siemionow, Maria ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DONOR; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENGRAFTMENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; LEWIS RAT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVASCULARIZATION; SKIN; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CHIMERISM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 65949105474     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181877ad7     Document Type: Article

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