Outcomes among 562 Recipients of Placental-Blood Transplants from Unrelated Donors
Authors:
- Carmelita CarrierCCCarmelita Carrier
- Andromachi ScaradavouASAndromachi Scaradavou
- Joanne KurtzbergJKJoanne Kurtzberg
- John AdamsonJAJohn Adamson
- Anna Ritá MigliaccioAnna Ritá Migliaccio
- Richard L. BerkowitzRBRichard L. Berkowitz
- Michael CabbadMCMichael Cabbad
- N. Ludy DobrilaNDN. Ludy Dobrila
- Patricia E. TaylorPTPatricia E. Taylor
- Richard E. RosenfieldRRRichard E. Rosenfield
- Cladd E. StevensCSCladd E. Stevens
Open Access
- 26 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (22) , 1565-1577
Abstract
A program for banking, characterizing, and distributing placental blood, also called umbilical-cord blood, for transplantation provided grafts for 562 patients between August 24, 1992, and January 30, 1998. We evaluated this experience.Keywords
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