Long-term outcome of olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation in six patients with chronic complete spinal cord injury

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Rao, Yaojian ^a   Zhu, Wenxiao ^a   Guo, Yanxing ^a   Jia, Chunxia ^a   Qi, Ran ^a   Qiao, Ruofei ^a   Cao, Danna ^a   Zhang, Hongxing ^a   Cui, Zesheng ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Wang, Yongjun ^b  

^a Luoyang Orthopedic Hospital of Henan Province   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Clinical effect; Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs); Safety; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRAINAGE TUBE; FEMALE; FETUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEURORESTORATOLOGY SPINAL CORD INJURY FUNCTIONAL RATING SCALE; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONTROL; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84890397926     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368913X672127     Document Type: Article

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