Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 1817-1824 , December 2005

Neural Stem Cell Transplantation in the Stomach Rescues Gastric Function in Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase–Deficient Mice

Received 22 June 2005 ,Accepted 24 August 2005.

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 Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (DK61423-01) and from the Moody Foundation.

PII: S0016-5085(05)01773-7

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.08.055

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 6 , Pages 1817-1824 , December 2005

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