Improving cord blood transplantation in children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Locatelli, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adoptive cell therapy; Cell dose; Cord blood transplantation; Double cord; Intrabone injection of cord blood

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL HOMING; CHILD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 70349673396     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07783.x     Document Type: Review

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