Two intrathecal transplants of bone marrow mononuclear cells produce motor improvement in an acute and severe model of spinal cord injury

OBJECTIVE: We studied transplants of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) by lumbar puncture (LP) in a severe model of spinal cord injury (SCI) using clip compression. METHODS: BMMCs or saline solution were transplanted by LP 48 hours and 9 days post injury. Motor function was evaluated by BBB scale...

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Main Authors: Elisa Lettnin Kaminski, Asdrubal Falavigna, Gianina Terribele Venturin, Daniel Marinowic, Pamela Brambilla Bagatini, Léder Leal Xavier, Jaderson Costa DaCosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC) 2013-12-01
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512013000400001&lng=en&tlng=en