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Cell therapy and transplantation in Parkinson's disease.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Apr 2001
Lindvall O, Hagell P
Abstract excerpt
Transplanted human fetal dopamine neurons can reinnervate the striatum in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Recent findings using positron emission tomography indicate that the grafts are functionally integrated and restore dopamine release in the patient's striatum. The grafts can exhibit long-term survival without immunological rejection and despite an ongoing disease process and continuous...
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