title: Facing up is an act of dignity: lessons in elegance addressed to the polemicists of the first human face transplant.
authors: Brussels, Belgium; and Amiens, France From the Experimental Morphology Unit and Plastic Surgery Department, Universite Catholique de Louvain, and Departments of Maxillofacial Surgery and Psychiatry, North Hospital.
authors: Benoît
authors: B
authors: Lengelé
authors: Sylvie
authors: S
authors: Testelin
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Cremades
authors: Bernard
authors: B
authors: Devauchelle
mesh_terms: D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000941:ethics*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*
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