Cardiac repair clinical trials

Advances in Tissue Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 695-731

  Green, Amanda ^a   Alton, Eric ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical Trials; Heart; Stem Cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649862707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9781848161832_0033     Document Type: Chapter

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