Liquid nitrogen freezers: a potential source of microbial contamination of hematopoietic stem cell components
- 1 June 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 37 (6) , 585-591
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37697335152.x
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The recent report of hepatitis B transmission between hematopoietic progenitor and putative stem cell (HPC) components stored in liquid nitrogen led to the questioning of whether evidence...Keywords
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