Issues in the quality of umbilical cord blood stem cells for transplantation: Challenges in cord blood banking quality management

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 826-828

  Wall, Donna A ^a  

^a TEXAS TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDITORIAL; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; QUALITY CONTROL; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 20444398064     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.05116.x     Document Type: Editorial

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