Private umbilical cord blood banking: A biological insurance of dubious future benefit!

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1208, 2005, Pages

  Sullivan, Michael ^a   Browett, Peter ^b   Patton, W Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EUROPE; FUTUROLOGY; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEW ZEALAND; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FETUS BLOOD; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

BLOOD BANKS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 17144410404     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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