Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1959;41:463-475.
© 1959 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
The Effect of Total Body Irradiation on Bone Transplants in Parabiosed Animals
William F. Ennekin M.D.1 and
Avrum Gratch B.SC.2
1 JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
2 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Total body irradiation appears to be effective in blocking the rejection mechanism to large fresh homogenous-bone transplants in surgically united rats. The precise mechanism of this effect is not understood.