Risks of allogeneic hand transplantation
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Steffen Baumeister; Christian Kleist; Bernd Döhler; Bertold Bickert; Günter Germ
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A patient undergoing allogeneic hand transplantation needs lifelong immunosuppression with the risk of serious side effects, including life‐threatening disease. The question remains: does the eventual improvement in function justify the risk? To answer this question, we try to assess th