The artificial womb

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Bulletti, Carlo ^a   Palagiano, Antonio ^b   Pace, Caterina ^b   Cerni, Angelica ^c   Borini, Andrea ^d   de Ziegler, Dominique ^e  

^a Cervesi's General Hospital in Cattolica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Tecnobios Procreazione   (Italy)

^e Groupe Hopitalier Cochien   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial uterus; Assisted reproductive technology; Ectogenesis; Embryo implantation; Fetal surgery; Womb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ENDOMETRIUM; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; ARTIFICIAL PLACENTA; ARTIFICIAL UTERUS; ARTIFICIAL WOMB; ECTOGENESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79952675132     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.05999.x     Document Type: Article

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