An estimation of the number of cells in the human body

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Authors

Eva Bianconi

Allison Piovesan · University of Bologna

Federica Facchin · University of Bologna

Alina Beraudi · Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Raffaella Casadei · University of Bologna

Flavia Frabetti · University of Bologna

Lorenza Vitale · University of Bologna

Abstract

Knowing the total cell number of the human body as well as of individual organs is important from a cultural, biological, medical and comparative modelling point of view. The presented cell count could be a starting point for a common effort to complete the total calculation.

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Published in: Annals of Human Biology

Volume 40, Issue 6, pp. 463-471

DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.807878

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 42.67

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An estimation of the number of cells in the human body

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