Stem Cell Transplantation in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Animal Studies

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Antonic, Ana ^a   Sena, Emily S ^b,c   Lees, Jennifer S ^c   Wills, Taryn E ^a,b   Skeers, Peta ^a   Batchelor, Peter E ^a,b   Macleod, Malcolm R ^c   Howells, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892773437     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001738     Document Type: Review

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