Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , March 2007

The stem cell niche in health and leukemic disease

  • David T. Scadden, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Center for Regenerative Medicine, CPZN-4265A, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 726 5615; Fax: +1 617 726 4691.

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PII: S1521-6926(06)00081-8

doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2006.11.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , March 2007

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