Clinical and laboratory outcomes of stem cell transplantation in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis: single-arm pilot trial

IntroductionThe high prevalence of hepatitis C virus-associated liver disease has led to increasing number of Egyptian patients having end-stage liver disease and requiring liver transplantation. Because of several limitations of liver transplantation, new alternative treatment modalities are required for patients with liver cirrhosis. Many study results encourage the use of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for liver...