Placental and/or Umbilical Cord Blood: An Alternative Source of Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation

HLA-MATCHED RELATED allogeneic stem cell transplantation has been successfully used as the treatment of choice in selected high-risk or recurrent hematologic malignancies, marrow failure syndromes, severe congenital immunodeficiency states, and selected metabolic disorders.[1][1] Recently, the use