Searching for unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cells: Availability and speed of umbilical cord blood versus bone marrow

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 257-260

  Barker, Juliet N ^a   Krepski, Timothy P ^a   DeFor, Todd E ^a   Davies, Stella M ^a   Wagner, John E ^a   Weisdorf, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Transplantation; Umbilical cord blood; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; STORAGE DISEASE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036270561     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bbmt.2002.v8.pm12064362     Document Type: Article

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6. Comparison of outcomes of unrelated bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants in children with acute leukemia