Dr. Barry Dworkin

Uterine transplants seem to contravene the do-not-harm tenet of medicine

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 7, 2014

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Source:

World first: baby born after womb transplantation

Reference:

Livebirth after uterus transplantation, Mats Brännström, et al., The Lancet, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61728-1, published online 3 October 2014, abstract.

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