Feasibility of treating hearing disorders with stem cells: Update

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 686-689

  Watters, Karen ^a,b   Corrales, C Eduardo ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; COCHLEAR NERVE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE MUTATION; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INNER EAR; NOISE POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REVIEW; SPIRAL GANGLION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 12344263021     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556130408301011     Document Type: Review

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