Transplant of cultured neuron-like differentiated chromaffin cells in a parkinson's disease patient. A preliminary report
Arch. med. res
; 30(1): 33-9, ene.-feb. 1999. ilus, graf, tab
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Background. Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD) has been attempted by others by transplanting either the patient's own adrenal medullary tissue or fetal substantia nigra into caudate or putamen areas. However, the difficulties inherent in using the patient's own adrenal gland, or the difficulty in obtaining human fetal tissue, has generated the need to find alternative methods. Methods. We report here of an alternative to both procedures by using as transplant metrial cultured human adrenal chromaffin cells differentiated into neuron-like cells by extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF). Results. The results of this study show that human differentiated chromaffin cells can be grafted into the caudate nucleus of a PD patient, generating substantial clinical improvement, as measured by the unified Rating Scale for PD, which correlated with glucose metabolism and D2 DA receptor increases as seen in a PET scan, while allowing a 70 percent de crease in L-Dopa medication. Discussion. This is the first preliminary report showing that transplants of cultured differentiates neuron-like cells can be successfully used to treat a PD patient
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Parkinson
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Carbidopa
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Células Cultivadas
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Médula Suprarrenal
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Células Cromafines
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Cerebro
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Antiparkinsonianos
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Arch. med. res
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
1999
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