Expansion of SCID repopulating cells does not prove expansion of hematopoietic stem cells [2]

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 771-

  Horn, Peter A ^a   Kiem, Hans Peter ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CLONING; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; COLONY FORMATION; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33745961499     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-002618     Document Type: Letter

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