Sonic Hedgehog Signaling and Potential Therapeutic Indications

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 88, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-394

  Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a   Onwuzulike, Kaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemic stroke; Neuro oncology; Sonic hedgehog; Spinal cord injury; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857711933     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394622-5.00017-1     Document Type: Chapter

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