The Protective Effect of Human Umbilical Cord Blood CD34+ Cells and Estradiol against Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Female Ovariectomized Rat: Cerebral MR Imaging and Immunohistochemical Study

• Ching-Chung Liang,

  Affiliations Female Urology Section, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Ho-Ling Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Imaging Physics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1472, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

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• Shuenn-Dhy Chang,

  Affiliations Female Urology Section, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Sheng-Hsien Chen,

  Affiliation Institute of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Tsong-Hai Lee

  * E-mail: thlee@adm.cgmh.org.tw

  Affiliations College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Stroke Section, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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