Article
Immunoreactivity of umbilical cord blood and post-partum maternal peripheral blood with regard to HLA-haploidentical transplantation.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Jul 1994
Harris D T, Schumacher M J, LoCascio J, Booth A, Bard J, Boyse E A
Abstract excerpt
Recent clinical reports have demonstrated that umbilical cord blood (CB) may be utilized as a source of transplantable hematopoietic stem cells when bone marrow is not available. However, it is not apparent that CB can be used to transplant partially HLA-matched siblings or matched, non-familial...
Topics
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Fetal Blood
- Genotype
- Graft vs Host Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Phenotype
- Postpartum Period
- Pregnancy
- Tissue Donors
- Transplantation, Homologous