Enteric Nervous System Stem Cells Derived From Human Gut Mucosa for the Treatment of Aganglionic Gut Disorders

Gastroenterology

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Metzger, Marco ^a   Caldwell, Claire ^a   Barlow, Amanda J ^a   Burns, Alan J ^a   Thapar, Nikhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL;

EID: 66149128792     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.048     Document Type: Article

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