Complete microbe free processed porcine xenograft for clinical use

Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-245

  Balasundari, Ramesh ^a   Gupta, Ruchi ^a   Sivasubramanian, Veerappan ^a   Chandrasekaran, Radha ^a   Arumugam, Sarasabharathi ^a   Cherian, Kotturathu Mammen ^a   Guhathakurta, Soma ^a,b  

^a International Centre for Cardiothoracic and Vascular Diseases   (India)

^b Frontier Lifeline   (India)

Author keywords

Porcine decellularization; Porcine endogenous retrovirus; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856309980     PISSN: 09709134     EISSN: 09737723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12055-007-0049-y     Document Type: Article

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