First human double hand transplantation: Efficacy of a conventional immunosuppressive protocol

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-460

  Petruzzo, Palmina ^a   Revillard, Jean Pierre ^a   Kanitakis, Jean ^a   Lanzetta, Marco ^b   Hakim, Nadey S ^c   Lefrançois, Nicole ^a   Owen, Earl ^d   Dubernard, Jean Michel ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Microsearch Foundation of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allograft; Hand transplantation; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND INJURY; HAND SURGERY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SERUM SICKNESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041702228     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.2003.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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