Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1583-1587 , November 2006

Lasting amelioration in the clinical course of decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis with boost infusions of mobilized peripheral blood stem cells

  • Evangelia Yannaki

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Evangelia Yannaki, M.D., G.Papanicolaou Hospital, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, Hematology-BMT Unit, Thessaloniki, 57010 Greece
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  • Achilles Anagnostopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Demetrios Kapetanos

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Department, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Angeliki Xagorari

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Fotis Iordanidis

      Affiliations

    • Pathology, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Ioannis Batsis

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Panayotis Kaloyannidis

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Evangelia Athanasiou

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Georgios Dourvas

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Georgios Kitis

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Department, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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  • Athanasios Fassas

      Affiliations

    • Hematology Department–BMT Unit and Gene and Cell Therapy Center, George Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received 11 March 2006 ,Revised 14 June 2006 ,Accepted 19 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.06.012

Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1583-1587 , November 2006

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