The first Belgian hand transplantation-37 month term results

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Schuind, F ^a   Van Holder, C ^a   Mouraux, D ^a   Robert, Ch ^a   Meyer, A ^a   Salvia, P ^a   Vermeylen, N ^a   Abramowicz, D ^a  

^a Laboratory for Functional Anatomy   (Belgium)

Author keywords

hand transplantation

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; DONOR; FOREARM; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND SURGERY; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECIPIENT; SELF CONCEPT; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ARM; BELGIUM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; THUMB; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745463547     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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