The Cleveland Clinic FACES Score: A Preliminary Assessment Tool for Identifying the Optimal Face Transplant Candidate

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1969-1974

  Gordon, Chad R ^a   Siemionow, Maria ^a   Coffman, Kathy ^a   Alam, Daniel ^a   Eghtesad, Bijan ^a   Zins, James E ^a   Bernard, Steven ^a   Fung, John ^a   Pryor, Landon ^a   Papay, Francis ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate registry; Candidate selection; Composite tissue allograft; Composite tissue transplantation; Exclusion criteria; Face transplant; Faces score; Facial allograft; Inclusion criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; OHIO; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70350667650     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181bd2c86     Document Type: Article

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