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Multipotent Stem Cells

Specialized stem cells that are committed to give rise to cells that have a particular function; examples are MYOBLASTS; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS; and skin stem cells. (Stem Cells: A Primer [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health (US); 2000 May [cited 2002 Apr 5]. Available from: http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.htm)

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Specialized stem cells that are committed to give rise to cells that have a particular function; examples are MYOBLASTS; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS; and skin stem cells. (Stem Cells: A Primer [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health (US); 2000 May [cited 2002 Apr 5]. Available from: http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.htm)

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  • Stem Cells, Multipotent
  • Multipotent Stem Cell
  • Stem Cell, Multipotent

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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TOTIPOTENT STEM CELLS and PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS are also available

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2003

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  • Stem Cells or specifics (1982-2002)

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  1. A11w.872w.590

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Multipotent Stem Cells. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D039902. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D039902
  2. Multipotent Stem Cells. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760914