Cell transplantation in paraplegic patients: The importance of properly assessing the spinal cord morphology

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 968-971

  Vaquero, Jesús ^a   Zurita, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Clinical trials; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINE FRACTURE;

CELL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84889098622     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12267     Document Type: Article

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