Allocation of vascularized composite allografts: What is it?

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1086-1087

  Cendales, Linda C ^a,b   Rahmel, Axel ^c   Pruett, Timothy L ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Composite allografts; Donor; Organ; Regulation; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGAN ALLOCATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE GRAFT; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZED COMPOSITE ALLOGRAFT;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862277899     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31824b073f     Document Type: Article

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