Ethical considerations in face transplantation

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-364

  Brown, Charles S ^a   Gander, Brian ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^b   Furr, Allen ^b   Vasilic, Dalibor ^a,c   Wiggins, Osborne ^b   Banis Jr , Joseph C ^a   Vossen, Marieke ^a,c   Maldonado, Claudio ^a   Perez Abadia, Gustavo ^a   Barker, John H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Ethics; Face transplant; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ETHICS; FACE TRANSPLANTATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 35148827399     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.06.019     Document Type: Review

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