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Fetal Tissue Grafts for Cerebellar Atrophy in Humans: A Preliminary Report

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Surgery of the Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery ((COPENEU))

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Studies of neural grafting by a number of investigators1–8 have demonstrated survival of fetal neurons in host brains Lund et al.9 have demonstrated point-to-point synapse integration of neural grafts.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  2. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Robert N. N. Holtzman MD (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon) (Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery, Adjunct Neurosurgeon)

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

  4. The New York Neurological Institute, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Bennett M. Stein MD (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery) (Byron Stookey Professor of Neurological Surgery, Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery)

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Wu, CY., Bao, XF., Zhang, C., Zhang, QL. (1992). Fetal Tissue Grafts for Cerebellar Atrophy in Humans: A Preliminary Report. In: Holtzman, R.N.N., Stein, B.M. (eds) Surgery of the Spinal Cord. Contemporary Perspectives in Neurosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2798-4_10

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