Uterine allotransplantation in ewes using an aortocava patch

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3028-3036

  Gauthier, T ^a   Bertin, F ^a   Fourcade, L ^a   Maubon, A ^a   Saint Marcoux, F ^a   Piver, P ^a   Marquet, P ^a   Pommepuy, I ^a   Plainard, X ^a   Couquet, C ^b   Cornuejols, M J ^b   Essig, M ^a   Aubard, Y ^a  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Research and Analysis Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

cyclosporine; ewe; magnetic resonance imaging; mycophenolic acid; uterine allotransplantation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; COLD ISCHEMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EWE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOLOGY; ILIAC VEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PELVIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERUS SURGERY; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80054880563     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der288     Document Type: Article

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