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Recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI) and new therapeutic approaches have provided promising results for this incurable and debilitating central nervous system injury....
Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in devastating neurological dysfunction. Therefore many of the SCI patients suffer with physical disabilities or social handicaps. Many obstacles have been known to affect...
Growth factor is a polypeptide regulating cell proliferation, maturation, activity, and apoptosis. Despite its small molecular weight, it exerts diverse and potent biologic effects on cellular function. With recent development...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of neural stem cells differentiated from a human telencephalon on the neural regeneration in the severed spinal cord.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The 1st surgery involving the...
STUDY DESIGN: Prospective case series.
PURPOSE: To study the safety and feasibility of cotransplantation of bone marrow stem cells and autologous olfactory mucosa in chronic spinal cord injury.
OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Stem...