Open AccessThe miracle of face transplantation after 10 years
Author(s) -
Maria Siemionow
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldw045
Subject(s) - transplantation , medicine , immunosuppression , face (sociological concept) , intensive care medicine , surgery , sociology , social science
At the 10th year anniversary of the first face transplantation, there are currently 36 patients worldwide, who are the recipients of faces coming from human donors.
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