Placental umbilical cord whole blood transfusion to combat anemia in the background of advanced rheumatoid arthritis and emaciation and its potential role as immunoadjuvant therapy

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-33

  Bhattacharya, N ^a,b  

^a Bijoygarh State Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Safe placental umbilical cord blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIGENS, CD34; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMACIATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646438366     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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