Tissue-engineered autologous vaginal organs in patients: A pilot cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9940, 2014, Pages 329-336

  Raya Rivera, Atlántida M ^a   Esquiliano, Diego ^a   Fierro Pastrana, Reyna ^a   López Bayghen, Esther ^a   Valencia, Pedro ^a   Ordorica Flores, Ricardo ^a   Soker, Shay ^b   Yoo, James J ^b   Atala, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION INDEX; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VAGINA APLASIA; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; VAGINAL STENT; ABSENCE OF COMPLICATIONS; ANASTOMOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EPITHELIUM CELL; LENGTH OF STAY; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA; VAGINOSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT; Z PLASTY;

46, XX DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULLERIAN DUCTS; PILOT PROJECTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VAGINA;

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOSIN ANTIBODY;

EID: 84904857420     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60542-0     Document Type: Article

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