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Phenotypic characterization of immature lymphoid cells in human umbilical cord blood.
Immunology and cell biology - 1 Jan 2000
Bradstock K F, Kerr A, Grimsley P, Kirk J, Luxford C
Abstract excerpt
The antigenic phenotype of neonatal lymphoid cells isolated from umbilical cord blood was investigated using monoclonal antibodies and flow cytometry. Although the majority of cells expressed mature T or B cell differentiation antigens, small subpopulations of phenotypically immature lymphocytes were detected. A small proportion (mean 2.8%) of cells expressed the common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen...
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