Uterus transplantation: Where do we stand today and where should we go?

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-429

  Brännström, Mats ^a   Wranning, Caiza Almén ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Immunosuppression; Infertility; Transplantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISOGRAFT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS SURGERY; ADULT; ANIMAL; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; UTERUS;

EID: 34047163569     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.7.4.427     Document Type: Review

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