Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 119-125 , Summer 2008

Current Status of Intramyocardial Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation

  • Alexander Kaminski, MD
  • ,
  • Gustav Steinhoff, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gustav Steinhoff, MD, PhD, Klinik für Herzchirurgie, Universität Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock, Germany

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doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2008.03.003

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 119-125 , Summer 2008