Open AccessEfficacy of Stem Cell Therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author(s) -
Mirian Conceição Moura,
María Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes,
Yuri S. S. P. Zago,
Emanoel Junio Eduardo,
Luíz Augusto Casulari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical medicine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-3011
pISSN - 1918-3003
DOI - 10.14740/jocmr2495w
Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , stem cell , stem cell therapy , adverse effect , retrospective cohort study , confidence interval , clinical trial , oncology , disease , transplantation , genetics , biology
Published studies seeking to improve survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have poor results in humans, although there are several studies in animal models with positive results.
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