Face transplantation: An extraordinary case with lessons for ordinary practice

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1073-1074

  Preminger, Beth A ^a   Fins, Joseph J ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; FACE; FACE SURGERY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FACE; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33748798724     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000232312.91372.d2     Document Type: Editorial

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