Glioproliferative lesion of the spinal cord as a complication of stem-cell tourism

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 196-198

  Berkowitz, Aaron L ^a   Miller, Michael B ^a   Mir, Saad A ^a   Cagney, Daniel ^a   Chavakula, Vamsidhar ^a   Guleria, Indira ^a   Aizer, Ayal ^a   Ligon, Keith L ^a   Chi, John H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLIA; GLIOPROLIFERATIVE LESION OF THE SPINAL CORD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, SPINAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84978372554     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1600188     Document Type: Letter

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