Influence of patients' age on functional recovery after transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells into injured spinal cord injury

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1488-1491

  Huang, Hongyun ^a   Chen, Lin ^b   Wang, Hongmei ^a   Xiu, Bo ^b   Li, Bingchen ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a   Gu, Zheng ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Song, Yinglun ^a   Hao, Wei ^a   Pang, Shuyi ^b   Sun, Junzhao ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Function recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRICK TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TOUCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTORY BULB; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744220392     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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