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The use of cord blood for transfusion purposes: current status
Vox Sanguinis, 10/15/09

Khodabux CM et al. – Although the use of umbilical cord blood (UCB) for transfusion purposes has been proposed decades ago, the employ is still limited. In this article the authors review studies evaluating UCB collection efficiency and sterility, examine processing and storage of UCB–derived red blood cells (RBC) and discuss clinical studies in which UCB was used for transfusion purposes. Although delayed cord clamping has shown to improve the iron status in full–term infants; for small–for–gestational–age infants this has not been demonstrated.

History of cord blood transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplantation, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 72%

Differences in Circulating Dendritic Cell Subtypes in Pregnant Women, Cord Blood and Healthy Adult Women
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Single versus double unrelated umbilical cord blood units for allogeneic transplantation in adults with advanced haematological malignancies: a retrospective comparison of outcomes
Internal Medicine Journal, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Closure Times Measured by the Platelet Function Analyzer PFA-100 Are Longer in Neonatal Blood Compared to Cord Blood Samples
Neonatology, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Umbilical cord blood amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels according to the mode of delivery
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 68%