Allograft Mass as a Possible Contributing Factor to the Skin Transplant Outcome

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Ulusal, Betul Gozel ^a   Ulusal, Ali Engin ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Lin, Chun Yen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

allograft mass; allograft survival; composite tissue; transplantation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPOSITE SKIN GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE TYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORELIMB; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HINDLIMB; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED LEW; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77951938983     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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