A preliminary study of placental umbilical cord whole blood transfusion in under resourced patients with malaria in the background of anaemia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malaria is an annual killer of over one million people globally and its essential co-morbidity is anaemia. Cord blood, because of its rich mix of foetal and adult haemoglobin, high platelet and WBC counts, hypo-antigenic nature, alte...

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Main Author: Bhattacharya Niranjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-03-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/20