American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2006

The effect of donor-specific transfusion upon rejection in a rat model of laryngeal transplantation

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☆ This study was supported by a research grant from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

PII: S0196-0709(05)00109-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.05.013

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2006

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