Concerns about human hand transplantation in the 21st century

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 771-787

  Jones, Neil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HALF LIFE TIME; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036739892     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.34373     Document Type: Article

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