Optimizing cord blood collections: Assessing the role of maternal and neonatal factors

Background: As processing and cryopreservation of cord blood is time consuming and costly, it is essential to select units with optimal CD34+ cells, total nucleated cell (TNC) number and colony forming units (CFUs). These are the most important factors affecting outcome of UCB transplantation and ar...

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Main Authors: Joseph Philip, Neerja Kushwaha, Tathagata Chatterjee, Rajiv Singh Mallhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
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Online Access:http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2015;volume=9;issue=2;spage=163;epage=167;aulast=Philip