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Cord blood banking for stem cell transplant
F Bertolini1, L Lazzari, C Corsini
1Division of Hematology, Maggiore Hospital, Milano, Italy.
The International Journal of Artificial Organs
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
Umbilical cord blood has been recently used as a source of hematopoietic progenitor cells for transplantation of pediatric patients. This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of a cord blood bank for unrelated transplant. When the umbilical cord was clamped within 20 seconds after delivery, it was possible to collect 86 +/- 25 ml of cord recipients with more than 2000 CFU-GM/kg; 53% of cord blood samples were found to contain enough CFU-GM for engraftment in 50-70 kg adult patients.