Near-total human face transplantation for a severely disfigured patient in the USA

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9685, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Papay, Frank ^b   Alam, Daniel ^c   Bernard, Steven ^b   Djohan, Risal ^b   Gordon, Chad ^b   Hendrickson, Mark ^b   Lohman, Robert ^b   Eghtesad, Bijan ^d   Coffman, Kathy ^e   Kodish, Eric ^f   Paradis, Carmen ^f   Avery, Robin ^g   Fung, John ^d,h  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute   (United States)

^c Head and Neck Institute   (United States)

^d Digestive Disease Institute   (United States)

^e NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Bioethics Department   (United States)

^g Medicine Institute   (United States)

^h Surgical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE INJURY; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 67650391945     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61155-7     Document Type: Article

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