A report of 15 hand allotransplantations in 12 patients and their outcomes in China

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1052-1059

  Pei, Guoxian ^a   Xiang, Dayong ^b   Gu, Liqiang ^c   Wang, Gang ^b   Zhu, Lijun ^b   Yu, Lixin ^d   Wang, Huijun ^d   Zhang, Xinying ^e   Zhao, Jinmin ^f   Jiang, Cunzhi ^g   Wang, Zengtao ^h   Liu, Wei ⁱ  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Harebin Medical University   (China)

^f GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ First Hospital of Yunnan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Allotransplantation; Hand transplantation; Immunosuppressive

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PAPAVERINE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CUSHING SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALM TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THUMB TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870173440     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31826c3915     Document Type: Article

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