Selection of cord blood unit(s) for transplantation
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Perspectives A perspective on the selection of unrelated donors and cord blood units for transplantation
1Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Minneapolis, MN; 2Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 3Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; 4German Na...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2008.100