Risk Factors and Options to Improve Engraftment in Unrelated Cord Blood Transplantation
Use of umbilical unrelated cord-blood (UCB) cells as an alternative source of hematopoietic cell transplantation has been widely used mainly for patients lacking an HLA-matched donor. UCB present many advantages over bone marrow or mobilized peripheral blood from volunteer donors, such as rapid avai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Stem Cells International |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/610514 |