Embryonic stem cell biology: Insights from molecular imaging

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 660, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-199

  Sallam, Karim ^a   Wu, Joseph C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Embryonic stem cells; Immunologic response; Molecular imaging; Reporter gene imaging; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934434640     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-705-1_12     Document Type: Article

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