Getting to the heart of myocardial stem cells and cell therapy

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1771-1779

  Rasmussen, Tara L ^a   Raveendran, Ganesh ^a   Zhang, Jianyi ^a   Garry, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL POPULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METAZOON; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; REGENERATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 79955557870     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.858019     Document Type: Article

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