Thymosin beta4: a candidate for treatment of stroke?

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Published in Ann N Y Acad Sci on April 01, 2010

Authors

Daniel C Morris1, Michael Chopp, Li Zhang, Zheng G Zhang

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, Michigan, USA. morris@neuro.hfh.edu

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