Why do in utero stem cell transplants sometimes fail?

Molecular Medicine Today

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 288-291

  Jones, D Rhodri E ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033167943     PISSN: 13574310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-4310(99)01473-2     Document Type: Note

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