Inner ear regenerative medicine: Stem cells or genetic engineering for repairing cochlear damage?

Audiological Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 202-207

  Ciorba, Andrea ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Inner ear; Regenerative medicine; Spiral ganglion; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; SOMATOMEDIN B;

ADULT; CELL REGENERATION; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAIR CELL; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER EAR; INNER EAR DISEASE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 32144439984     PISSN: 1651386X     EISSN: 16513835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16513860500470441     Document Type: Editorial

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