Managing the risks of facial transplantation

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9535, 2006, Pages 561-563

  Butler, Peter EM ^a   Hettiaratchy, Shehan ^b   Clarke, Alex ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; FACE SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33746877527     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69176-9     Document Type: Note

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