The occurrence of chronic rejection and biliary sludge in long-surviving pigs after liver transplantation.
Autopsy and histological findings in the livers of pigs long-term surviving liver orthotopic allotransplantation indicate that there is no correlation between chronic rejection of the graft and the presence of biliary sludge in the bile tract.
D000818:Animals; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D013997:Time Factors