Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 444-453 , April 2007

A Meta-Analysis of Unrelated Donor Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation versus Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation in Adult and Pediatric Patients

  • William Ying Khee Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Dr. William Hwang Ying Khee, Department of Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Republic of Singapore.
    • ,
  • Miny Samuel

      Affiliations

    • NMRC Clinical Trials & Epidemiology Research Unit, Singapore
    • ,
  • Daryl Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • ,
  • Liang Piu Koh

      Affiliations

    • National University Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • ,
  • Winston Lim

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    • ,
  • Yeh Ching Linn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Received 29 June 2006 ,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.11.005

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 444-453 , April 2007

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