Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85 , February 2008

Cardiac Myocyte Progenitors from Adult Hearts for Myocardial Regenerative Therapy

  • Chia-Feng Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, and Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kuang-Yi Chou

      Affiliations

    • National Taipei College of Nursing, and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Zen-Chung Weng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine and Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shih-Chieh Hung

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shiau-Ting Lai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine and Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chiao-Po Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jih-Shiuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • School of Medicine and Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jih-Shiuan Wang, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C

Received 24 July 2006 ,Accepted 3 January 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70079-0

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70079-0

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 79-85 , February 2008

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