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Review
. 2019 Feb 14;8(2):245.
doi: 10.3390/jcm8020245.

Current Progress in Uterus Transplantation Research in Asia

Iori Kisu  1 , Yu Liu  2 , Gaowen Chen  3 , Min Jong Song  4 , Cherry Yin-Yi Chang  5   6 , Tan Hak Koon  7 , Kouji Banno  8 , Daisuke Aoki  9
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Review

Current Progress in Uterus Transplantation Research in Asia

Iori Kisu et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Uterus transplantation (UTx) is now a possible approach for women with absolute uterine factor infertility to deliver a child, following the first successful delivery by Brännström et al. in Sweden in September 2014. This remarkable achievement attracted major attention worldwide and caused many countries to prepare for UTx, including countries in Asia. To date, three groups have performed UTx in humans in Asia, and many others are aiming for the clinical application of UTx with accumulation of basic experimental data. Therefore, it is likely that UTx will expand rapidly in Asia in the near future, although this will depend on ethical, social and religious views in each country. With this background, herein we summarize the current progress of UTx in East, Southeast and South Asia, with the purpose of increasing understanding of the current status of basic and clinical UTx research in each country and sharing progress and knowledge to ensure future development of UTx research in Asia.

Keywords: Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome; uterine factor infertility; uterus transplantation.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Current groups for UTx (uterus transplantation) research in Asia.
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