
pmid: 30240387
There are many patients with Parkinson's disease who have a limited response to conventional pharmacological treatment. The use of stem cells has been postulated as an alternative, although its effectiveness remains a matter of controversy.To answer this question we used Epistemonikos, the largest database of systematic reviews in health, which is maintained by screening multiple information sources, including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, among others. We extracted data from the systematic reviews, reanalyzed data of primary studies, conducted a meta-analysis and generated a summary of findings table using the GRADE approach.We identified two systematic reviews including 21 studies overall, of which three were randomized trials. We concluded it is not clear whether stem cells have any effect on the symptoms of Parkinson's disease because the certainty of the available evidence is very low.
GRADE., Medicine (General), Células madre, enfermedad de Parkinson, Databases, Factual, R, Parkinson Disease, R5-920, Treatment Outcome, Medicine, Humans, Epistemonikos, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Stem Cell Transplantation
GRADE., Medicine (General), Células madre, enfermedad de Parkinson, Databases, Factual, R, Parkinson Disease, R5-920, Treatment Outcome, Medicine, Humans, Epistemonikos, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Stem Cell Transplantation
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