Uterine transplantation - A future possibility to treat women with uterus factor infertility?

Minerva Medica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-216

  Brannstrom M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Infertility; Uterus transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ALLOGRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ISOGRAFT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; UTERUS;

EID: 35348871509     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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