Clinical and laboratory evaluation of patients with end-stage liver cell failure injected with bone marrow-derived hepatocyte-like cells

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 936-941

  Amer, Mohie Eldeen M ^a   El Sayed, Samy Z ^a   El Kheir, Wael Abou ^b   Gabr, Hala ^c   Gomaa, Ahmed A ^a   El Noomani, Nabil ^a   Hegazy, Mohamed ^a  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MILITARY MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cellular therapy; hepatocyte growth factor; liver cell failure; stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; COLESTYRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; VITAMIN D;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE SCALE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PARACENTESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIVERING; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052663011     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283488b00     Document Type: Article

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