Umbilical cord blood stem cells - potential therapeutic tool for neural injuries and disorders

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Ali, Hamad ^a,b   Bahbahani, Hussain ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Brain; Cell therapy; Stem cells; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STEM CELLS; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 78149266371     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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