Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
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NMC Royal Hospital, UAE

Biography

Head of Maternity and Child Health Service at NMC Healthcare, NMC Healthcare LLC | NMC · Neonatology MD, PhD, Specialist Neonatologist. Presently working in University of Belgrade, Serbia as a Lecturer in Neonatology

Publications

• Value Added Abstract   
  Stem cell-based therapy in neonates
  Author(s): Brankica Vasiljevic*
  
  Despite recent advances in neonatal intensive therapy, still is present significant morbidity associated with extreme prematurity that includes both short-term and long-term pulmonary, neurologic and visual impairments. These complications of prematurity not only affect the quality of life of these children in the rest of their lives, but can also cause numerous medical and economic burdens in the society. No single therapy has proven to be effective in preventing or treating developmental lung, brain and retinal injuries in preterm infants or the hypoxic-ischemic brain injury in fullterm infants. Stem cell–based therapies are emerging as potential alternative treatment for such complex diseases (BPD, IVH, ROP and HIE) with multifactorial etiologies. Recently, various preclinical studies have shown that stem cell therapy significant.. View More»
  

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