Exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields has no effect on growth rate or clonogenic potential of multipotential haemopoietic progenitor cells

Growth Factors

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Reipert, Birgit M ^a,b   Allan, Donald ^a   Dexter, T Michael ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Haemopoietic cell growth factors; Haemopoietic stem cells; Interleukin 3

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LEUKEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029910228     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08977199609003222     Document Type: Article

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