Therapeutic application of mesenchymal stem cells in bone and joint diseases

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-24

  Liu, Yi ^a   Wu, Jianmei ^b   Zhu, Youming ^b   Han, Jinxiang ^b  

^a QILU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); Osteoarthritis (OA); Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH); Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84895171384     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: 15919528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-012-0218-1     Document Type: Review

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