cord blood banking
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Indications
- public cord blood banks preferred over private banks,
- public banking is highly regulated, costs nothing for the donor & serves the entire world rather than a single family
Contraindications
- use of autologous stored cord blood for treatment of childhood leukemia*[1]
- no proven value for regenerative medicine[1]
* cord blood would have premalignant leukocytes
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shearer WT, Lubin BH, Cairo MS, Notarangelo LD Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation. Pediatrics. October 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29084832 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/10/26/peds.2017-2695