Neural stem cell delivery to the spinal cord in an ovine model of fetal surgery for spina bifida

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-373

  Fauza, Dario O ^a,b   Jennings, Russell W ^a,b   Teng, Yang D ^b,c,d   Snyder, Evan Y ^e  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FETAL THERAPIES; MENINGOMYELOCELE; SHEEP; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 49049085216     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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