Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2010

Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation: The First 20 Years

  • John E. Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Hematology/Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to John E. Wagner, MD, Box 366 UMHC, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
    • ,
  • Eliane Gluckman

      Affiliations

    • Eurocord, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2009.10.011

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 3-12 , January 2010

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