Open AccessEffectiveness of bone marrow-derived mononuclear stem cells for neurological recovery in participants with spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava,
Ashok Kumar Agrahari,
Alka Singh,
Tulika Chandra,
Saloni Raj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_44_18
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , randomized controlled trial , population , spinal cord , paraplegia , confidence interval , surgery , anesthesia , physical therapy , environmental health , psychiatry
Complete lesion after spinal cord injury (SCI) remains irreversible with little hope of neurological recovery. Newer interventions such as re-stimulation of damaged neurons using artificial agents and the use of stem cells for neuronal regeneration have shown promising results.