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Organotherapy

Medical Definition: Historically, the treatment of disease by the administration of animal organs or their extracts (after Brown-Sequard). At present synthetic preparations substitute for the extracts of a gland. (From Stedman, 26th ed)
Guide Notes: ther using animal organs or their extracts; TISSUE THERAPY is also available; do not use /util except by MeSH definition
Organotherapy Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Tissue Therapy - Historically, tissue transplantation, especially of refrigerated tissue (after Filatov). It was theorized that nonspecific substances, capable of initiating restorative processes, formed in tissues when refrigerated. Cell therapy (after Niehans) refers to implantation of tissue by injection. Originally this involved fresh cells but later frozen or lyophilized cells.

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