Human hand allograft: Report on first 6 months

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9161, 1999, Pages 1315-1320

  Dubernard, Jean Michel ^a   Owen, Earl ^a,b   Herzberg, Guillaume ^a,c   Lanzetta, Marco ^a,d   Martin, Xavier ^a   Kapila, Hari ^a   Dawahra, Marwan ^b   Hakim, Nadey S ^c  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Microsearch Foundation of Australia and Outer Sydney Hand and Microsurgery Unit   (Australia)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB REPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST;

EID: 0033577486     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02062-0     Document Type: Article

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