Isolation of c-Kit+ human amniotic fluid stem cells from second trimester

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1035, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-198

  Pozzobon, Michela ^a   Piccoli, Martina ^a   Schiavo, Andrea Alex ^a   Atala, Anthony ^b   De Coppi, Paolo ^c  

^a Pediatric Research Institute   (Italy)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amnioticfluid stem cells; C Kit; CD117; Fetal cells; Human stem cells; Magnetic selection

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STEM CELL;

EID: 84934435341     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-508-8_16     Document Type: Article

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