Allogeneic uterus transplantation in baboons: surgical technique and challenges to long-term graft survival.

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1 Division of Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Department of Surgery University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL 2 Department of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden 4 The Mannheimer Foundation, Inc. Homestead, FL 5 Department of Pathology Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden 6 Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden 7 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics La Fe University Hospital University of Valencia Valencia, Spain 8 Department of Pathology Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL 9 Department of Gynecology Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL 10 Department of Gynecology Cleveland Clinic Weston, FL 11 Sahlgrenska Transplant Institute, Department of Transplantation, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg Göteborg, Sweden.

Published: September 2014

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