Morphogenesis of the bone marrow: Fractal structures and diffusion-limited growth

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5027-5031

  Naeim, Faramarz ^a   Moatamed, Farhad ^b   Sahimi, Muhammad ^b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MODEL; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DISEASES; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL GROWTH FACTORS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0029890735     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.12.5027.bloodjournal87125027     Document Type: Article

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