Pregnancy and Outcome of Uterine Allotransplantation and Assisted Reproduction in Sheep

Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Ramirez, Edwin Ricardo ^a   Ramirez Nessetti, Doris K ^c   Nessetti, Matthew B R ^c,d   Khatamee, Masood ^e   Wolfson, Marla R ^f   Shaffer, Thomas H ^g   Ramirez, Viviana Zuluaga ^b   Ramirez, Hugo A ^b  

^a St John's Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

^c Nebraska Comprehensive Health Care   (United States)

^d Nebraska Mental Health Center PC   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo transfer; Immunosuppression; Pregnancy; Sheep; Uterine factor infertility; Uterine allotransplant

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD GAS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DELIVERY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETRACTOR; SHEEP; UTERINE ALLOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; LAPAROTOMY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS;

EID: 79951903167     PISSN: 15534650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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