Refreezing of cord blood hematopoietic stem cells for allogenic transplantation: in vitro and in vivo validation of a clinical phase I/II protocol in European and Italian Good Manufacturing Practice conditions

Experimental Hematology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-243

  Gunetti, Monica ^a   Ferrero, Ivana ^a   Rustichelli, Deborah ^a   Berger, Massimo ^a   Gammaitoni, Loretta ^b   Timeus, Fabio ^a   Piacibello, Wanda ^b   Aglietta, Massimo ^b   Fagioli, Franca ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD34 SELECTION; CELL AGING; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOGENETICS; EUROPE; FREEZING; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ITALY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCID MOUSE; THAWING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FETAL BLOOD; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; ITALY; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, SCID; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

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EID: 38349078514     PISSN: 0301472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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