Cost of umbilical cord blood units released for transplantation

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-650

  Sirchia, Girolamo ^a   Rebulla, P ^a   Tibaldi, S ^a   Lecchi, L ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS;

EID: 0032996109     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39060645.x     Document Type: Article

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