Stem cells in reproductive medicine: Ready for the patient?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2014-2021

  Vassena, R ^a   Eguizabal, C ^b   Heindryckx, B ^c   Sermon, K ^d   Simon, C ^e,f   Van Pelt, A M M ^g   Veiga, A ^h,i   Zambelli, F ^d,j  

^a Clinica EUGIN   (Spain)

^b Cell Therapy and Stem Cells Group   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

ⁱ Stem Cell Bank   (Spain)

^j SISMeR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

artificial gametes; assisted reproduction; regenerative medicine; stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GAMETE; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRECAMBRIAN; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84940761367     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev181     Document Type: Article

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