Implantation of stimulated homologous macrophages results in partial recovery of paraplegic rats

Nature Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 814-821

  Rapalino, O ^a   Lazarov Spiegler, O ^a   Agranov, E ^b   Velan, G J ^c   Yoles, E ^a   Fraidakis, M ^d   Solomon, A ^e   Gepstein, R ^c   Katz, A ^b   Belkin, M ^e   Hadani, M ^e   Schwartz, M ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Beit Levinstein Hospital   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARAPLEGIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031849511     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0798-814     Document Type: Article

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