Face, upper extremity, and concomitant transplantation: Potential concerns and challenges ahead

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 308-315

  Siemionow, Maria Z ^a   Zor, Fatih ^a   Gordon, Chad R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; ARM; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77954629349     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181dcb6f4     Document Type: Article

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