Stem cells for the treatment of neurological disease

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 351-361

  Rice, C M ^a   Halfpenny, C A ^a   Scolding, Neil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurological disease; Stem cells; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL CLONE; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0347379803     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2003.00463.x     Document Type: Review

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