Allograft vasculopathy after allogeneic vascularized knee transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Diefenbeck, Michael ^a   Nerlich, Andreas ^b   Schneeberger, Stefan ^c,d   Wagner, Frithjof ^e   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a,f  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Chirurgische Klinik Munchen Bogenhausen   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^f BG KLINIKEN BERGMANNSTROST   (Germany)

Author keywords

allograft rejection; chronic rejection; composite tissue allograft; composite tissue transplantation; graft fibrosis; graft vessel disease; hand transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BONE NECROSIS; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULARIZED KNEE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78649999959     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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