Telomere length changes in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 411-415

  Lee, J J ^a   Kook, H ^a   Chung, I J ^a   Kim, H J ^a   Park, M R ^a   Kim, C J ^a   Nah, J A ^a   Hwang, T J ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

EID: 0032781037     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701923     Document Type: Article

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