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Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Medical Definition: Progenitor cells from which all blood cells derive.
Guide Notes: A 11 qualif; /transpl = HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
Also Called: Colony-Forming Units, Hematopoietic
Previously Indexed: Bone Marrow/cytology (1966-1970)
Hematopoietic Stem Cells Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Myeloid Progenitor Cells - One of the two stem cells derived from HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS - the other being the lymphoid progenitor cell. Derived from these myeloid progenitor cells are the ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS and the MYELOID CELLS (MONOCYTES and GRANULOCYTES).

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