Hand transplantation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 228-229

  Breidenbach, Warren C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPLENECTOMY; TRANSPLANTATION;

GRAFT REJECTION; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HAND TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84882245155     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10637     Document Type: Editorial

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