Woman gets near-total face transplant in Cleveland

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Her injuries were ghastly: no nose, no palate, no way to eat or breathe on her own, a face so hideous that children who saw her screamed and ran away. From the moment they met earlier this year, Dr. Maria Siemionow knew the severely disfigured woman would be the one - the first person in the U.S. to receive a face transplant....

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