Uterus transplantation - Substantial progress in research but not yet ready for the clinic

Middle East Fertility Society Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 86-95

  Brännström, Mats ^a,c   Wranning, Caiza Almén ^a   Marcickiewicz, Janusz ^a   Enskog, Anders ^a   Hanafy, Ashraf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; REPERFUSION; REPRODUCTION; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS SURGERY;

EID: 37049025602     PISSN: 11105690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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