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cord blood banking

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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blood banking (transfusion medicine)

References

  1. Shearer WT, Lubin BH, Cairo MS, Notarangelo LD Cord Blood Banking for Potential Future Transplantation. Pediatrics. October 2017 PMID: 29084832 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/10/26/peds.2017-2695