Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 1607-1609 , June 2004

Auxiliary liver-heart transplantation in the rat: a new microsurgical model inducing tolerance

  • M Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Mingshan Jiang, PhD, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, 243 Baojianlu Road, Nangangqu Dist, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150086, China
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  • D Han

      Affiliations

    • Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, China

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PII: S0041-1345(04)00505-6

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.04.073

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 1607-1609 , June 2004

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