Endothelial progenitor cells and cerebrovascular diseases

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 349-362

  Lapergue, Bertrand ^a   Mohammad, Askar ^a   Shuaib, Ashfaq ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cerebral ischemia; Endothelial progenitor cells; Intracerebral haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 36148948608     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.08.001     Document Type: Review

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