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Uterus transplantation: where do we stand today and where should we go?

Brännström M, Wranning CA

Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden. mats.brannstrom@obgyn.gu.se

If transplantation of the uterus is developed into a safe method with a reasonable chance for the patient to carry an uneventful pregnancy, this procedure could become a feasible fertility treatment for women with absolute uterus factor infertility. The activity in this research field is growing and during the past 5 years several reports have been published. In this brief review the authors summarize the state of research in this field and also speculate on what might lie ahead.

Published 21 March 2007 in Expert Opin Biol Ther, 7(4): 427-9.
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