The effects of the mode of delivery on the lymphocyte composition of a placental/cord blood graft

Journal of Hematotherapy and Stem Cell Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-493

  Vettenranta, Kim ^a   Piirto, Irmeli ^a   Saarinen Pihkala, Ulla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030862516     PISSN: 15258165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/scd.1.1997.6.491     Document Type: Article

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