Stem cell biology and its therapeutic applications in the setting of spinal cord injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages

  Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a   Butler, John ^a   Horn, Eric M ^b   Wang, Xukui ^a   Preul, Mark C ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroregeneration; Spinal cord injury; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 42149192203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/foc/2008/24/3-4/e19     Document Type: Article

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