Reasons for discard of umbilical cord blood units before cryopreservation [4]

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-123

  Lecchi, Lucilla ^a   Ratti, Ilaria ^a   Lazzari, Lorenza ^a   Rebulla, Paolo ^a   Sirchia, Girolamo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOOD VOLUME; CRYOPRESERVATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS;

EID: 0033965763     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40010122.x     Document Type: Letter

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