Leukaemia inhibitory factor treatment stimulates muscle regeneration in the mdx mouse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-170

  Kurek, John ^a   Bower, John ^a   Romanella, Margarita ^a   Austin, Lawrence ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Leukaemia inhibitory factor; mdx Mouse; Muscle regeneration; Muscular dystrophy; Myoblast

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTANT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030593489     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12802-0     Document Type: Article

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