Clinical application of stem cell therapy in Parkinson's disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Cell replacement therapies in Parkinson's disease (PD) aim to provide long-lasting relief of patients' symptoms. Previous clinical trials using transplantation of human fetal ventral mesencephalic (hfVM) tissue in the striata of PD patients have provide...

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Main Authors: Politis Marios, Lindvall Olle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/1