On the ethics of composite tissue allotransplantation (facial transplantation) [5]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1621-1622

  Barker, John H ^a,c   Furr, Allen ^a   McGuire, Sean ^b   Cunningham, Michael ^a   Wiggins, Osborne ^a   Banis Jr , Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Plastic Surgery Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIGENICITY; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACE; FACE SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RECIPIENT; RISK;

FACE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34147149165     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000256501.91655.2e     Document Type: Letter

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