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Published on: January 11, 2016
[Immunological aspects of vascularised composite tissue grafts]
Emmanuel Morelon1, Jean Kanitakis2, Olivier Thaunat1
1Service de transplantation, néphrologie et immunologie clinique, Hôpital Édouard-Herriot, Hospices civils de Lyon, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, 92, rue Pasteur, CS 30122, 69361 Lyon Cedex 07, France; Inserm, U1111/UMR5308, Tour Inserm, 21, avenue Tony-Garnier, 69007 Lyon, France.
Abstract:
The progress of immuno-suppressive treatments in recent years has largely conditioned advances and successes in allotransplantations of vascularised composite tissues, especially the hands and face. However, rejection phenomena are not fully controlled, as in other organ transplants.
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