Human umbilical cord derived stem cells for the injured heart

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-97

  Wu, Kai Hong ^a   Yang, Shao Guang ^b   Zhou, Bin ^b   Du, Wei Ting ^b   Gu, Dong Sheng ^b   Liu, Peng Xia ^b   Liao, Wen Bin ^b   Han, Zhong Chao ^b   Liu, Ying Long ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Institute   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 33751107235     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.038     Document Type: Article

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