Megakaryocytopoiesis: The State of the Art

Alan M Gewirtz

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1642677

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1995; 74(01): 204-209
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1642677

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Megakaryocytes

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Megakaryocytopoiesis: The State of the Art

Alan M Gewirtz

Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, University of Pennyslvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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