Current status in intrauterine fetal stem cell therapy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 419-424

  Pschera, Helmut ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fetal stem cells; Fetal therapy; Fetal transplantation

Indexed keywords

FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; FETUS CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032435502     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1998.tb00117.x     Document Type: Review

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