Uterus transplantation in a non-human primate: Long-term follow-up after autologous transplantation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1640-1648

  Johannesson, L ^a   Enskog, A ^b   Dahm Kahler P ^a   Hanafy, A ^c   Chai, D C ^d   Mwenda, J M ^d   Diaz Garcia C ^a,b   Olausson, M ^e   Brannstrom M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autologous; Baboon; Infertility; Transplantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BABOON; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MENSTRUATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; OVARIAN VEIN; OVARY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861560214     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des093     Document Type: Article

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