Outcome of allogeneic vascularized knee transplants

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 410-418

  Diefenbeck, Michael ^a   Wagner, Frithjof ^b   Kirschner, Martin H ^c   Nerlich, Andreas ^d   Mückley, Thomas ^e   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a,e  

^a BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

^b BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^c B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

^d Chirurgische Klinik Munchen Bogenhausen   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Knee joint transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047242590     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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