Transplantation of neural tissue into the brain - A new therapeutic modality for the 21st century

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 756-762

  Itakura, Toru ^a   Nakai, Ekini ^a   Nakao, Naoyuki ^a   Nakai, Kunio ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Neurotrophic factor; Parkinson's disease; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SURGERY; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FORECASTING; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GENE THERAPY; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; SWINE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 0031741411     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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