Tracking the rise of stem cell tourism

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Ryan, Kirsten A ^a   Sanders, Amanda N ^a   Wang, Dong D ^a   Levine, Aaron D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical tourism; Patient demographics; Regenerative medicine; Stem cells; Unproven therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTISM; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENCEPHALITIS; FETAL STEM CELL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTERNET; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEPTOOPTIC DYSPLASIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TOURISM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BLOGGING; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77649282317     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.09.70     Document Type: Article

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