First report on fertility after allogeneic uterus transplantation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1491-1494

  Díaz García, César ^a,b   Akhi, Shamima N ^a   Wallin, Ann ^a   Pellicer, Antonio ^b,c   Brännström, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INFERTILIDAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allogeneic; Infertility; Pregnancy; Transplantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS FUNCTION; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS SURGERY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 77958514227     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.520688     Document Type: Article

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