Serum-free culture of human megakaryocyte progenitors

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-65

  Masters, G S ^a   Burnett, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IL 11; IL 6; Megakaryocyte; Progenitor; Serum free

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030937669     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1997.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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