Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Minnesota, 1924. / Cover title. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

Yau Fung-wan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-183). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Publications --- p.iv / Abbreviations --- p.vii / Appendix Some cell surface antigens expressed on hematopoietic cells --- p.ix / Abstract --- p.x / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Section A --- Sources of blood stem cells for transplantation --- p.1 / Chapter Section B --- Hematopoiesis --- p.7 / Chapter Section C --- Human CD34+ blood cells --- p.15 / Chapter Section D --- Human stem and progenitor cells in neonates --- p.19 / Chapter Section E --- Methods of CD34 detection --- p.23 / Chapter Section F --- Adhesion molecule: migratory properties of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells --- p.33 / Chapter Section G --- Project objectives --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter Two --- Materials and Methods --- p.38 / Chapter Section A --- Quality and quantity of CD34+ cells in neonatal blood --- p.38 / Chapter Section B --- Kinetics of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cellsin human neonatal blood after birth --- p.48 / Chapter Section C --- Enumeration of long term culture initiating cells by limiting dilution assay --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter Three --- Results & Discussion --- p.61 / Chapter Section A --- Characterization of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in neonatal blood --- p.61 / Results --- p.61 / Discussion --- p.78 / Chapter Section B --- Kinetics of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cellsin neonatal blood --- p.88 / Results --- p.88 / Discussion --- p.119 / Chapter Section C --- Comparison of CD34+ cell enumeration by flow cytometry using two antibodies and two protocols --- p.125 / Results --- p.125 / Discussion --- p.129 / Conclusion --- p.131 / Future prospective --- p.133 / References --- p.134