Atypical acute rejection after hand transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 688-696

  Schneeberger, S ^a,f   Gorantla, V S ^b,f   Van Riet, R P ^c   Lanzetta, M ^d   Vereecken, P ^c   Van Holder, C ^c   Rorive, S ^c   Remmelink, M ^c   Le Moine, A ^c   Abramowicz, D ^c   Zelger, B ^e   Kaufman, C L ^b   Breidenbach, W C ^b   Margreiter, R ^a   Schuind, F ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b CHRISTINE M KLEINERT INSTITUTE FOR HAND AND MICROSURGERY   (United States)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Italian Institute of Hand Surgery   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue transplantation; Hand transplantation; Nail; Rejection; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BASILIXIMAB; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; CLOBETASOL; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; HAND SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL DYSTROPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 39649100164     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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