Fertility after autologous ovine uterine-tubal-ovarian transplantation by vascular anastomosis to the external iliac vessels

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1973-1979

  Wranning, C A ^a   Marcickiewicz, J ^a   Enskog, A ^a   Dahm Kahler P ^a   Hanafy, A ^b   Brannstrom M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

infertility; pregnancy; sheep; uterine transplantation; uterus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BODY WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART WEIGHT; ILEUS; LABOR; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY; OVARY FUNCTION; OVIDUCT; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SHEEP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SUTURE; UTERINE TUBAL OVARIAN TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954971020     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq130     Document Type: Article

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