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The acceptability to women in Mombasa, Kenya, of the donation and transfusion of umbilical cord blood for severe anaemia in young children

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Severe anaemia, for which a blood transfusion can be life saving, is common in hospitalized children in sub-Saharan Africa but blood for transfusion is often in short supply. Umbilical cord blood is usually thrown away but could be a useful source of red cells for small vo...

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Autores principales: Hassall, O, Ngina, L, Kongo, W, Othigo, J, Mandaliya, K, Maitland, K, Bates, I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18067489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1423-0410.2007.01012.x