Benign B-cell precursors (hematogones) are the predominant lymphoid population in the bone marrow of preterm infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Rimsza, Lisa M ^a   Douglas, Vonda K ^b   Tighe, Patrick ^b   Saxonhouse, Matthew A ^b   Calhoun, Darlene A ^c   Christensen, Robert D ^c   Sola, Martha C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Hematogones; Peripheral blood; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHOID CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD19; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD79; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEPRILYSIN; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL;

EID: 8344259245     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079907     Document Type: Article

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