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Cardiomyocytes of Noncardiac Origin in Myocardial Biopsies of Human Transplanted Hearts
2 Jul 2002
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cell replacement therapy with stem cells able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes has been discussed as a method for remodeling damaged myocardium. A physiological or pathophysiological situation in which this phenomenon might be relevant is not known. We studied the origin of cardiomyocytes in myocardial biopsies of male patients that had undergone sex-mismatched cardiac transplantation to determine...
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