Growth factor is any of about twenty small
proteins that function
is to attach to specific
receptors on the surface of stem cells in
bone marrow and promote differentiation and maturation of these cells
into morphotic constituents of
blood.
The most important growth factors are :
For the last two decades growth factors have been increasingly used in
treatment of hematologic and oncologic diseases
like :
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