Cord blood banking in London: The first 1000 collections

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Armitage, S ^a   Warwick, R ^b   Fehily, D ^b   Navarrete, C ^b   Contreras, M ^b  

^a London Cord Blood Bank   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cord blood; Cord blood banking; Progenitor cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LIQUID NITROGEN;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD VOLUME; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032773196     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701881     Document Type: Review

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