Treatment of Lateral Epicondylosis by Using Allogeneic Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Pilot Study

Stem Cells

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2995-3005

  Lee, Sang Yoon ^a   Kim, Won ^b   Lim, Chaiyoung ^c   Chung, Sun G ^b,c,d  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Allograft; Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation; Tendinopathy; Tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELL; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LATERAL EPICONDYLOSIS; MALE; MAYO ELBOW PERFORMANCE SCORE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALLOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENDINOPATHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALLOGRAFTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 84942373315     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: 15494918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.2110     Document Type: Article

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