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Renal differentiation of amniotic fluid stem cells: perspectives for clinical application and for studies on specific human genetic diseases.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jun 2012
Rosner Margit, Schipany Katharina, Gundacker Claudia, Shanmugasundaram Bharanidharan, Li Kongzhao, Fuchs Christiane, Lubec Gert, Hengstschläger Markus
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BACKGROUND: Owing to growing rates of diabetes, hypertension and the ageing population, the prevalence of end-stage renal disease, developed from earlier stages of chronic kidney disease, and of acute renal failure is dramatically increasing. Dialysis and preferable renal transplantation are widely applied therapies for this incurable condition. However these options are limited because of morbidity, shortage of...
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