Orthotopic liver-small bowel transplantation in pigs: study of immunologic parameters during therapy with FK 506-based immunosuppressive regimens.

Transplant Proc

Dipartimento di Farmacologia, Chemioterapia e Tossicologia medica, Istituto di Chirurgia Sperimentale e dei Trapianti, Milan, Italy.

Published: October 1996

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