The c-kit receptor and its ligand stem cell factor in childhood malignant lymphoid precursors

Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 981-987

  Legitimo, A ^a   Consolini, R ^a   Cocito, M G ^b   Buffoni, R ^a   Basso, G ^c   Macchia, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; REFERENCE VALUES; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 0032876485     PISSN: 10799907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107999099313172     Document Type: Review

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