Plasma/serum levels of flt3 ligand are low in normal individuals and highly elevated in patients with Fanconi anemia and acquired aplastic anemia

Blood

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 4091-4096

  Lyman, Stewart D ^a   Seaberg, Michelle ^b   Hanna, Roberta ^b   Zappone, JoDee ^b   Brasel, Ken ^b   Abkowitz, Janis L ^b   Prchal, Josef T ^b   Schultz, John C ^b   Shahidi, Nasrollah T ^b  

^a AMGEN INC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HEMOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; FANCONI ANEMIA; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMA; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 0028803283     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v86.11.4091.bloodjournal86114091     Document Type: Article

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