Mesenchymal stem cells: Isolation, in vitro expansion and characterization

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2006, Pages 249-282

  Beyer Nardi, N ^a   Da Silva Meirelles, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone marrow stroma; Cell therapy; Differentiation; Genetic therapy; Mesenchymal stem cell; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892048507     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31265-x_11     Document Type: Article

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