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Comparative Study
. 2011 Jan 25;57(4):466-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.09.028.

Cell therapy for heart disease: where are we in 2011?

Comparative Study

Cell therapy for heart disease: where are we in 2011?

Alan W Heldman et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. .
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Figure 1. MSC Research Publications
Publications on mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) research (blue bars) show substantial increases in this millennium, with parallel increases in cardiac experimental studies (red bars) and human studies (green bars) (2010 data through June 2010).

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