isograft


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i·so·graft

 (ī′sə-grăft)
n.
A tissue or organ graft between genetically identical individuals, as between identical twins or between members of an inbred animal strain.
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isograft

(ˈaɪsəˌɡrɑːft)
n
(Surgery) surgery a graft taken from a donor genetically identical to the recipient
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The 4 main types of grafts used defined on the basis of their origin are autograft, isograft, allograft and xenograft.
Study of an assessment of the fate of calcium hydroxy apatite block with cortico cancellous bone graft used in communited fractures of long bone of lower limb
Van Schilfgaarde, "Rat islet isograft function: effect of graft volume and transplantation site," Transplantation, vol.
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(38) reported that the acellularity of the nerve graft reduced the antigenicity level nearer to the isograft. Purohit (36) reported that immunoblotting showed humoral response against HMD cross-linked allogenic acellular dermal graft.
In vivo determination of biocompatibility of bladder acellular matrix in a rabbit model
Brown the parents and physicians argued that the isograft would be in the best interests of each child.
Rethinking transplantation between siblings
The identical twin transplant of 1954 was an isograft, immunologically closer to an autograft than an allograft, and the potent issues of allogenicity were left unresolved.
Review of the early diagnoses and assessment of rejection in vascularized composite allotransplantation
Isograft sections treated with anti-active caspase-3 primary antibody did not stain, indicating that apoptosis did not occur in either the line of contact or any of the cells in the grafts during a 24-h period (Fig.
Apoptosis in microciona prolifera allografts
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