First clinical uterus transplantation trial: A six-month report

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1228-1236

  Brännström, Mats ^a   Johannesson, Liza ^a   Dahm Kähler, Pernilla ^a   Enskog, Anders ^a   Mölne, Johan ^a   Kvarnström, Niclas ^a   Diaz Garcia, Cesar ^b   Hanafy, Ash ^c   Lundmark, Cecilia ^a   Marcickiewicz, Janusz ^a   Gäbel, Markus ^a   Groth, Klaus ^a   Akouri, Randa ^a   Eklind, Saskia ^a   Holgersson, Jan ^a   Tzakis, Andreas ^d   Olausson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

human; Infertility; transplantation; uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HLA ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSOLUTE UTERINE FACTOR INFERTILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIAL THICKNESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS TRANSPLANTATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS;

EID: 84899907901     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.02.024     Document Type: Article

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