Biomedical Engineering Reference
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PLACENTAL UMBILICAL
CORD BLOOD: A TRUE
BLOOD SUBSTITUTE
Niranjan Bhattacharya
Advisor, Biomedical Research and Consultant, Advanced Medical
Research Institute (AMRI) Hospitals, Gol Park, B.P.Poddar Hospitals,
Alipore, Apollo Gleneagle Hospital, and Vidyasagore Hospital,
Calcutta, India
Contents
19.1 Overview
644
19.2 The Problem of Safe Blood Transfusion and the Global Scenario
644
19.3 The Search for a True Blood Substitute and Its Problems
645
19.4 Wastage of the Placenta and Its Content
648
19.5 Rationality for the Use of Cord Blood as a True Blood Substitute
649
19.6 Cord Blood Stability in Room Temperature and Time
650
19.7 Contemporary Clinical Experience and Safety Studies of Cord
Blood Transfusion
652
19.8 Special Properties of Cord Blood Transfusion
656
19.9 Conclusion
658
Acknowledgment
659
References
659
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