The Need for Inducing Tolerance in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation
Successful hand and face transplantation in the last decade has firmly established the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA). The experience in VCA has thus far been very similar to solid organ transplantation in terms of the morbidity associated with long-term immunosuppression....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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Series: | Clinical and Developmental Immunology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/438078 |