A fat chance for hepatocyte transplantation?

Gut

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-482

  Thomas, James A ^a   Forbes, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DONOR; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NOTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT STEM CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 63849125254     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2008.171314     Document Type: Note

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