Stem cell therapy for failing hearts: There is something else beyond the cells

Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 162-164

  Rigatelli, Gianluca ^a   Zanon, Francesco ^a  

^a ROVIGO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; SATELLITE CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33845286503     PISSN: 16715411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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