A Journey from Dental Pulp Stem Cells to a Bio-tooth

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-171

  Yan, Ming ^a   Yu, Yan ^a   Zhang, Guangdong ^a   Tang, Chunbo ^a   Yu, Jinhua ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dental pulp; Dentin; Odontoblast; Stem cell; Tooth regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751648799     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-010-9155-0     Document Type: Review

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