Stem cell therapy for joint problems using the horse as a clinically relevant animal model

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1621-1626

  Koch, Thomas G ^a,b   Betts, Dean H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cartilage; Domestic animals; Equine; Osteoarthritis; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CHONDROPATHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HORSE; JOINT; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; DISEASE MODEL; HORSE DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; JOINT DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 36048993016     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.7.11.1621     Document Type: Review

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