Uterus cryopreservation in the sheep: One step closer to uterus transplantation

In Vivo

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 629-634

  Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Maltaris, Theodoros ^a   Mueller, Andreas ^a   Strahl, Olga ^a   Hoffmann, Inge ^a   Beckmann, Matthias W ^a   Oppelt, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Female reproductive tract; Fertility preservation; Transplantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHEEP; THAWING; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

EID: 78649233797     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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