Fetal Cell Transplantation for Huntington's Disease

Note: The use of fetal cell transplantation for Huntington's Disease is still very experimental and very controversial. Be sure to read more than one of the articles below to get a balanced picture.

Bibliography of Fetal Cell Transplantation

Bibliography of journal articles and electronic resources relating to fetal cell transplantation.

Early Postoperative Results in Ten Huntington's Disease Patients Following Transplantation of Fetal Striatal Tissue (2/97)

Article by Dr. Kaaren Eagle and Dr. Oleg Kopyov about the first ten patients who had fetal cell transplantation for Huntington's Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angles.

HSG Position Statement on Experimental Surgical Treatments in HD

Statement regarding fetal transplantation and pallidotomy issued January, 1997, by the Huntington Study Group (HSG), a group of academically-based HD clinicians and researchers.

The URL of this page is http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~rd13/hd/fetal2.html

Created and maintained by Renette Davis. Send comments to: rd13@midway.uchicago.edu

Created: Nov. 6, 1999

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