Acta Med. 2008, 51: 121-126

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.13

Issues and Ethical Problems of Stem Cell Therapy – Where is Hippocrates?

Lucie Rouskováa, Ivan Hruškab, Stanislav Filipa

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Oncology nad Radiotherapy, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bUniversity of Hradec Králové, Faculty of Arts, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received December 1, 2007
Accepted May 1, 2008

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