Orthotopic liver transplantation in rats

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 65, 2012, Pages

  Oldani, Graziano ^a,b   Lacotte, Stephanie ^c   Morel, Philippe ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Toso, Christian ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cuff; Graft; Issue 65; Liver; Medicine; Orthotopic; Physiology; Rat; Rodents; Surgery; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869800557     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4143     Document Type: Article

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