Comment on "Angiographic demonstration of neoangiogenesis after intra-arterial infusion of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells in diabetic patients with critical limb ischaemia"

Authors: Martin Teraa, Ralf W. Sprengers, Tim Leiner, Marianne C. Verhaar

Source: Cell Transplantation

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

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Dear editor, With interest we read the article by Ruiz-Salmeron and colleagues in your journal (7). Although the reported results are clearly interesting and do support the earlier findings regarding bone marrow cell therapy in patients with critical limb ischemia, the article and especially the part on increased collateralization as quantified on digital substraction angiographies (DSA) using a semi-computerized method raises some questions.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/096368911X612495

Appeared or available online: December 13, 2011