Face transplantation: A medical perspective

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial reconstruction; Human experimentation; Immunosuppressants; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

BLOOD TOXICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FACE SURGERY; FACE TRANSPLANTATION; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKILL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; FACE; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 12344310168     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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