Direct binding of antithymocyte globulin to haemopoietic progenitor cells in aplastic anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-297

  Flynn, Julie ^a   Cox, Charlotte V ^a   Rizzo, Sian ^a   Foukaneli, Theodora ^a   Rice, Katherine ^a   Murphy, Matthew ^a   Welsh, Jonathan ^a   Rutherford, Theodora R ^a   Gordon Smith, Edward C ^a   Gibson, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antithymocyte globulin; Aplastic anaemia; CD34; Flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0038486959     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04400.x     Document Type: Article

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