Directed sibling donor cord blood banking for children with β-thalassemia major in Greece: Usage rate and outcome of transplantation for HLA-matched units

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-110

  Goussetis, Evgenios ^a   Petrakou, Eftichia ^a   Theodosaki, Maria ^a   Kitra, Vasiliki ^a   Peristeri, Ioulia ^a   Vessalas, George ^a   Dimopoulou, Maria N ^a   Spiropoulos, Antonia ^a   Papassavas, Andreas C ^b   Stavropoulos Giokas, Catherine ^b   Graphakos, Stelios ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Aghia Sofia   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Banking; Cord blood; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD BANKS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GREECE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; SIBLINGS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74849125585     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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