Grafting of fetal dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease. The Czech experience with severe akinetic patients.
Preliminary results in three patients with Parkinson's disease, who had transplantation of human embryonic mesencephalic tissue into the caput nuclei caudati, are reported. Some improvement was achieved.
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Department of Neurosurgery, Charles University Medical School, Prague, Czech.
Tichy
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Vladyka
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Hurt
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D016380:Brain Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000196:embryology / Q000637:transplantation*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
D004298:Dopamine