Should I bank my baby's umbilical cord blood?
References
Citations
National Guideline Clearinghouse (2007). Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation. Available online: http://www.ngc.org/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=10389&nbr=005435&string=childbirth+OR+labor.
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Armson BA (2005). Umbilical cord blood banking: Implications for perinatal care providers. SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline No. 156. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 27(3): 263–274.
Other Works Consulted
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1997, reaffirmed in 2004). Routine storage of umbilical cord blood for potential future transplantation. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 183. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 58(2):257–259.
Annas GJ (1999). Waste and longing—The legal status of placental-blood banking. New England Journal of Medicine, 340(19): 1521–1524.
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Moise KJ Jr (2005). Umbilical cord stem cells. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 106(6): 1393–1407.
Private cord blood banks (2004). Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics, 46(1178): 21–22.
| Author: | Bets Davis, MFA Kathe Gallagher, MSW Ralph Poore | Last Updated: February 26, 2008 |
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