The Next Frontier in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-4

  Ren, Xiaoping ^a,b   Laugel, Michael C ^c  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite tissue allotransplantation; Head transplantation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPOSITE GRAFT; FACIAL TRANSPLANTATION; HAND SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84871367174     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12029     Document Type: Review

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