Immunoisolating encapsulation of intrathecally implanted bovine chromaffin cells prolongs their survival and produces anti-allodynic effect in spinally injured rats

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-151

  Yu, Wei ^a   Haoa, Jing Xia ^d   Xu, Xiao Jun ^a   Saydoff, Joel ^b   Sherman, Sandy ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^c   Haegerstrand, Anders ^c   Wiesenfeld Hallin, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CytoTherapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINE INJURY;

EID: 0031826272     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3801(98)90007-6     Document Type: Article

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