Stem cells: Current approach and future prospects in spinal cord injury repair

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Zhang, Ning ^a   Wimmer, Johannes ^b   Qian, Sheng Jun ^a   Chen, Wei Shan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Stem cells; Therapy; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77149150952     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21025     Document Type: Review

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