Cell-based therapy - navigating troubled waters

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 286-288

  Pepper, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BIOENGINEERING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 77952507211     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4131     Document Type: Article

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