A suggested total size for the cord blood banks of Japan

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1014-1015

  Takanashi, M ^a   Tanaka, H ^b   Kohsaki, M ^c   Nakajima, K ^a   Tadokoro, K ^b   Nakabayashi, M ^b,d  

^a Tokyo Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^b Japan Cord Blood Bank Network   (Japan)

^c Research and Development Department   (Japan)

^d Aiiku Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BLOOD BANKS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 79960151503     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.216     Document Type: Letter

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