Optimizing stem cell grafting into the CNS

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 375-382

  Whittemore, Scott R ^a   Zhang, Yi Ping ^a   Shields, Christopher B ^a   Magnuson, David S K ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropipette; Stem cell grafting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934442474     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-133-8_29     Document Type: Article

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