Neuronal cell transplantation for Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 757-776

  Dunnett, Stephen B ^a   Kendall, A Lisa ^a   Watts, Colin ^a   Torres, Eduardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DONOR; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MEDICAL ETHICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE GRAFT; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0030829663     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011646     Document Type: Review

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