Autologous mesenchymal stem cells as a new strategy in immunosuppressant therapy in double hand allotransplantation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Del Bene, Massimo ^a   Di Caprio, Antonio Peri ^a   Melzi, Maria Luisa ^b   Pioltelli, Pietro E ^a   Bonomi, Stefano ^c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION;

FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873304097     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318278d648     Document Type: Note

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