Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1589-1595 , November 2006

Comparative generation and characterization of pluripotent unrestricted somatic stem cells with mesenchymal stem cells from human cord blood

  • Gesine Kögler

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    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Gesine Kögler, Ph.D., Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine-University Medical Center, Moorenstrasse 5, Bldg. 14.80, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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  • Sandra Sensken
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  • Peter Wernet

Received 18 July 2006 ,Revised 18 July 2006 ,Accepted 18 July 2006.

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PII: S0301-472X(06)00451-6

doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.07.011

Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1589-1595 , November 2006

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