Facial transplantation and immunosuppressed patients: A new frontier in reconstructive surgery

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1693-1697

  Pomahac, Bohdan ^a   Aflaki, Pejman ^a   Chandraker, Anil ^a   Pribaz, Julian J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue; Face transplantation; Immunosuppressed patients; Organ transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; BONE DISEASE; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACE CANCER; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; EDITORIAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY;

FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 49149130927     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318176b29e     Document Type: Review

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