Clinical pregnancy after uterus transplantation

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1358-1363

  Erman Akar, Munire ^a   Ozkan, Omer ^a   Aydinuraz, Batu ^b   Dirican, Kerem ^b   Cincik, Mehmet ^c   Mendilcioglu, Inanc ^a   Simsek, Mehmet ^a   Gunseren, Filiz ^a   Kocak, Huseyin ^a   Ciftcioglu, Akif ^a   Gecici, Omer ^a   Ozkan, Ozlenen ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Cardiology   (Turkey)

^c Acibadem Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

clinical pregnancy; uterine factor infertility; Uterus transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CABERGOLINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXAPARIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NYSTATIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VALACICLOVIR;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYOLOOP; CRYOTIP; CRYOTOP; DECIDUALIZATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATIONAL SAC; GYNECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; TABLET; THAWING; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; UTERUS; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION;

CLINICAL PREGNANCY; UTERINE FACTOR INFERTILITY; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION;

46, XX DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MULLERIAN DUCTS; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887086389     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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