Cord blood banking: A historical perspective

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-245

  Navarrete, Cristina ^a,b,c   Contreras, Marcela ^d  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b NHSBT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Cord blood banking; Historical perspective

Indexed keywords

BLOOD BANK; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 70349664268     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07827.x     Document Type: Review

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