Placental umbilical cord whole blood transfusion: A safe and genuine blood substitute for patients of the under-resourced world at emergency

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-563

  Bhattacharya, Niranjan ^a,b  

^a Bijoygarh State Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTHER; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SAFETY; SCREENING; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 15944367739     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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