Should children with hemoglobinopathies be offered unrelated-donor cord blood stem cell transplantation?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 689-690

  Harris, R E ^a   Joiner, C H ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA THALASSEMIA; EDITORIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030840368     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(97)80006-6     Document Type: Editorial

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