Uterus transplantation: Animal research and human possibilities

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1269-1276

  Brännström, Mats ^a   Diaz Garcia, Cesar ^b   Hanafy, Ash ^c   Olausson, Michael ^a   Tzakis, Andreas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; transplantation; uterus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AGENESIS; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BRAIN DEATH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLD ISCHEMIA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEIOMYOMA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ATONY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS BICORNIS; UTERUS SURGERY; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 84861631922     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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