Research using autologous cord blood - Time for a policy change

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 288-290

  Han, Michael X ^a   Craig, Maria E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; NICOTINAMIDE;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; FOXP3+ REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SAFETY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD BANKS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH POLICY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; REGENERATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 84882285485     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10835     Document Type: Article

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