Circulating endothelial precursors: Mystery, reality, and promise

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-19

  Rafii, Shahin ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033986273     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI8774     Document Type: Note

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