The future of human valve allografts: Bioengineering and stem cells

Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 923-

  Barili, Fabio ^a   Dainese, Luca ^a   Topkara, Veli K ^b   Biglioli, Paolo ^a   Polvani, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM-CELL;

STEM CELLS;

ALLOGRAFT; BIOENGINEERING; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LETTER; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; FORECASTING; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FORECASTING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33644799762     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2005.00158.x     Document Type: Letter

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