Human hand transplantation: What have we learned?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 664-668

  Lanzetta, M ^a,c,e   Petruzzo, P ^b   Vitale, G ^a   Lucchina, S ^a   Owen, E R ^c   Dubernard, J M ^b   Hakim, N ^d   Kapila, H ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Microsearch Foundation of Australia   (Australia)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARM; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FRANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SENSATION; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2042536708     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.03.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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