Stem cell tourism - A web-based analysis of clinical services available to international travellers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 695-701

  Connolly, Ruairi ^a   O'Brien, Timothy ^a,b   Flaherty, Gerard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Regenerative Medicine Institute   (Ireland)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Medical tourism; Online resources; Patient welfare; Stem cell tourism; Travel medicine

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMPORIATRICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TOURISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; VACCINATION; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK; SPINAL CORD; STROKE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE MARROW; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; STROKE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84915733384     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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