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Psychiatric assessment of candidates for hand transplantation

✍ Scribed by Martin M. Klapheke; Carrie Marcell; Greg Taliaferro; Beth Creamer

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 47 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-1085
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2752(2000)20:8<453::aid-micr18>3.0.co;2-y

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