Three patients with full facial transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 715-722

  Pomahac, Bohdan ^a   Pribaz, Julian ^a   Eriksson, Elof ^a   Bueno, Ericka M ^a   Diaz Siso, J Rodrigo ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Annino, Donald J ^a   Orgill, Dennis ^a   Caterson, Edward J ^a   Caterson, Stephanie A ^a   Carty, Matthew J ^a   Chun, Yoon S ^a   Sampson, Christian E ^a   Janis, Jeffrey E ^b   Alam, Daniel S ^c   Saavedra, Arturo ^a   Molnar, Joseph A ^d   Edrich, Thomas ^a   Marty, Francisco M ^a   Tullius, Stefan G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICAFUNGIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SWELLING; UPPER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84857387147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1111432     Document Type: Article

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