Optimizing donor selection in a cord blood bank

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Solves, Pilar ^a,d   Perales, Alfredo ^b   Mirabet, Vicente ^a   Blasco, Ignacio ^a   Blanquer, Amando ^a   Planelles, D ^a   Larrea, Luis ^a   Monleon, Javier ^c   Carbonell Uberos, F ^a   Soler, M Angeles ^a  

^a Umbilical Cord Blood Bank   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d Valencia Transfusion Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Donor selection; Obstetric factors

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNITY WARD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD34; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 10744233610     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0902-4441.2003.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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