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Original Article

Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields Has No Effect on Growth Rate or Clonogenic Potential of Multipotential Haemopoietic Progenitor Cells

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Pages 205-217 | Received 11 Dec 1995, Accepted 23 Feb 1996, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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