Ethical considerations in human facial tissue allotransplantation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Barker, John H ^a,b   Brown, Charles S ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^b   Wiggins, Osborne ^b   Furr, Allen ^b   Maldonado, Claudio ^a   Banis Jr , Joseph C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Ethics; Face transplant; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTOXICITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; FACE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 39849095610     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31804bdf42     Document Type: Review

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