Face transplants and the era of reconstructive transplantation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-

  Lineaweaver, William C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; EDITORIAL; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON TRANSFER; DISSECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

DISSECTION; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 65349093338     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31819b009a     Document Type: Editorial

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