**STEM CELLS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE AND TISSUE ENGINEERING**

#### **Stem Cells in Clinical Practice and Tissue Engineering**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/65995 Edited by Rakesh Sharma

#### **Contributors**

Muhammad Khan, Ahmed Elmaaz, Zartash Gul, Francesco Ingrassia, Valentina Cappuzzo, Raimondo Marcenò, Felicia Farina, Rosalba Bavetta, Serena Mistretta, Maria Blando, Maria Igea Vega, Emanuela Collura, Paola Bruna Affaticati, Floriana Bruno, Giovanna Regina, Alessandro Indovina, Valentina Randazzo, Tsvetelin Lukanov, Milena Ivanova-Shivarova, Elissaveta Naumova, Zongjin Li, Na Liu, Ralf Pörtner, Hans Hoffmeister, Christiane Schaffer, Shreemanta Parida, Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Gabriel Cismaru, Andrei Cismaru, Anca Hermenean, Sorina Dinescu, Marieta Costache, Özge Sezin Somuncu, Ceren Karahan, Salih Somuncu, Fikrettin Şahin, Khalid Ahmed Al-Anazi, Primož Rožman, Rakesh Sharma, Takeichiro Nakane, Hidetoshi Masumoto, Bradley Keller, Paramjit Singh Dhot

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Stem Cells in Clinical Practice and Tissue Engineering Edited by Rakesh Sharma p. cm. Print ISBN 978-1-78923-010-9 Online ISBN 978-1-78923-011-6 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-1-83881-256-0
