Stem cell therapy for human liver cirrhosis: A cautious analysis of the results

Stem Cells

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2383-2384

  Lorenzini, Stefania ^a,b   Andreone, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Department of Internal Medicine Cardioangiology and Hepatology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Cell therapy; Liver cirrhosis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34548475366     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0056     Document Type: Article

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