Intravascular Stem Cell Transplantation for Stroke

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-265

  Auriat, Angela M ^a   Rosenblum, Sahar ^a   Smith, Tenille N ^a   Guzman, Raphael ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Intra arterial; Intravascular; Neural stem cells; Stem cells; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD FLOW; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROEMBOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE;

EID: 80052262773     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0093-1     Document Type: Review

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