Heart Xenograft Survival with Chimeric Pig Donors and Modest Immune Suppression

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-272

  Beschorner, William E ^a   Sudan, Debra L ^b   Radio, Stanley J ^b   Yang, Tianyu ^b   Franco, Kenneth L ^b   Hill, Arthur C ^b   Shearon, C Carson ^b   Thompson, Scott C ^b   Dixon, Robert S ^b   Johnson, Noel D ^b   Kuszynski, Charles A ^b   Rubocki, Ronald J ^b   Lechtenberg, Kelly F ^b   Matamoros Jr , Aurelio ^b   Goertzen, Timothy C ^b   Fox, Ira J ^b   Langnas, Alan N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPLEEN CELL; SURGICAL RISK; SWINE; XENOGRAFT; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENETICS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLOSPORINE; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 85047690146     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SLA.0000048456.81319.DA     Document Type: Article

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