A new option for amputees: Transplantation of the hand

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-404

  Kaufman, Christina L ^a   Blair, Brenda ^a   Murphy, Erin ^a   Breidenbach, Warren B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Amputation; Amputee; Composite tissue allotransplantation; CTA; Function; Hand; Hand function; Therapy; Transplant; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; AMPUTEE; COMPOSITE TISSUE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CTA; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANEMOMETERS; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

TISSUE;

ALEMTUZUMAB; BASILIXIMAB; CLOBETASOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN SWELLING;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70349276001     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2008.08.0108     Document Type: Article

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