Long-term Maintenance of Sterility after Skin Transplantation in Germ-free Mice

Transplantation Direct

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Theriault, Betty ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^c   Chen, Luqiu ^c   Vest, Alan ^b   Bartman, Caroline ^c   Alegre, Maria Luisa ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84978432644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23738731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000539     Document Type: Article

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