Open AccessClinicopathologic features of graft rejection of the first human hand allograft
Author(s) -
Jean Kanitakis,
D. Jullien,
Palmina Petruzzo,
Nadey Hakim,
A Claudy,
JeanPierre Revillard,
Earl Owen,
Jean-Michel Dubérnard
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000079458.81970.9a
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , transplantation , pathology , biopsy , human skin , surgery , biology , genetics
The first human hand allograft, performed in Lyon, France, on September 23, 1998, was removed during month 29 posttransplantation as the result of rejection because the patient did not comply with the immunosuppressive treatment.