Impact of Declining Fertility Rates in Canada on Donor Options in Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1634-1637

  Allan, David S ^a   Takach, Sarah ^a   Smith, Susan ^b   Goldman, Mindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allogeneic transplantation; Donor; Fertility rate; Hematopoietic; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR SELECTION; FERTILITY; HLA MATCHING; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIVING DONOR; SIBLING;

BIRTH RATE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANADA; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 70350574830     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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