Rationale and design of the JUVENTAS trial for repeated intra-arterial infusion of autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells in patients with critical limb ischemia

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1564-1568

  Sprengers, Ralf W ^a   Moll, Frans L ^a   Teraa, Martin ^a   Verhaar, Marianne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFUSION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMPUTATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; LOWER EXTREMITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952120584     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.020     Document Type: Article

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