Improved Liver Function in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis After Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Infusion Therapy

Terai, Shuji; Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi; Ômori, Kaoru; Aoyama, Koji; Marumoto, Yoshio; Urata, Yohei; Yokoyama, Yuichirou; Uchida, Koichi; Yamasaki, Takahiro; Fujii, Yasuhiko; Okita, Kiwamu; Sakaida, Isao

doi:10.1634/stemcells.2005-0542

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Improved Liver Function in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis After Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Infusion Therapy

Published in Stem Cells • Jun 16, 2006

Authors:

Shuji Terai

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Kaoru Ômori

Abstract

We here report nine liver cirrhosis (LC) patients that underwent autologous bone marrow cell infusion (ABMI) from the peripheral vein. Subjects were patients with LC with total bilirubin of less than 3.0 mg/dl, platelet count of more than 5 (10(10)/l), and no viable hepatocellular carcinoma on diagn...

Subject

Biology

Cirrhosis

Bone marrow

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