Effectiveness of protocol for the isolation of Wharton's Jelly stem cells in large-scale applications

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 573-576

  Petsa, Anastasia ^a   Gargani, Sofia ^a   Felesakis, Antigonos ^a   Grigoriadis, Nikolaos ^a   Grigoriadis, Ioannis ^a  

^a Biogenea Cellgenea Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expansion; Isolation; Mesenchymal stem cells; Population data; Wharton's Jelly

Indexed keywords

CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 73849095526     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-009-9227-0     Document Type: Article

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