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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2007; 13(24): 3359-3363
Published online Jun 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i24.3359
Phase 1 human trial of autologous bone marrow-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with decompensated cirrhosis
Mehdi Mohamadnejad, Mehrnaz Namiri, Mohamad Bagheri, Seyed Masiha Hashemi, Hossein Ghanaati, Narges Zare Mehrjardi, Saeed Kazemi Ashtiani, Reza Malekzadeh, Hossein Baharvand
Mehdi Mohamadnejad, Mohamad Bagheri, Hossein Ghanaati, Saeed Kazemi Ashtiani, Reza Malekzadeh, Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Medical Sciences/ University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Mehdi Mohamadnejad, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mehrnaz Namiri, Seyed Masiha Hashemi, Narges Zare Mehrjardi, Hossein Baharvand, Department of Stem Cells, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Hossein Baharvand, Department of Stem Cells, Royan Institute, PO Box 19395-4644, Tehran, Iran. baharvand50@yahoo.com
Telephone: +98-21-22172330 Fax: +98-21-22409314
Received: February 24, 2007
Revised: April 10, 2007
Accepted: April 16, 2007
Published online: June 28, 2007
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