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Fertility and Sterility

Volume 97, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 1269-1276
Fertility and Sterility

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Uterus transplantation: animal research and human possibilities

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Uterus transplantation research has been conducted toward its introduction in the human as a treatment of absolute uterine-factor infertility, which is considered to be the last frontier to conquer for infertility research. In this review we describe the patient populations that may benefit from uterus transplantation. The animal research on uterus transplantation conducted during the past two decades is summarized, and we describe our views regarding a future research-based human attempt.

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Infertility
transplantation
uterus

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M.B. has nothing to disclose. C.D.-G. has nothing to disclose. A.H. has nothing to disclose. M.O. has nothing to disclose. A.T. has nothing to disclose.