Plasma-Depleted versus Red Cell-Reduced Umbilical Cord Blood
Umbilical cord blood banks use two methods to store frozen umbilical cord blood (UCB): red cell reduction (RCR) or plasma depletion (PD). The RCR method centrifuges cord blood in hetastarch or albumin to isolate 21 ml of cord blood containing mostly white blood cells, adds 4 ml of 50% dimethyl sulfo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Cell Transplantation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3727/096368914X678481 |