In utero transplantation: Baby steps towards an effective therapy

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 537-547

  Muench, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal diseases; Hematopoietic stem cells; Immunodeficiency; Tolerance; Transplantation chimeras

Indexed keywords

CHIMERA; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN UTERO STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN CARE; ORGANOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; STORAGE DISEASE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THALASSEMIA;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 16244389377     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704811     Document Type: Review

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