The potential of stem cells in the treatment of skeletal muscle injury and disease

Stem Cells International

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  MacLean, S ^a   Khan, W S ^b   Malik, A A ^b   Anand, S ^c   Snow, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ADIPOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PERICYTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE SATELLITE CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EID: 84855535348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16879678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/282348     Document Type: Review

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