Accelerated corneal graft rejection in baby rats

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1062-1066

  Schwartzkopff, Johannes ^a   Berger, Moritz ^a   Birnbaum, Florian ^a   Böhringer, Daniel ^a   Reinhard, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATOPLASTY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 77955263448     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.154435     Document Type: Article

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