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MA hospital reports details of three full-face transplants

By The Wall Street Journal  
   December 29, 2011

Three people received full-face transplants at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston this year. Now, physicians are reporting the details of the extensive procedures — which include grafting not only the skin, but also nerves, muscles, blood vessels, and structures like the nose. The report appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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