Efficacy, recovery, and safety of RBCs from autologous placental blood: clinical experience in 52 newborns.
Brune T, Garritsen H, Hentschel R, Louwen F, Harms E, Jorch G
Transfusion 2003;43(9):1210-1215.
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Transfusion in premature infants impairs production and/or release of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.
The author concludes that suppression of erythro-, leuko- and thrombopoiesis within 48 hours after transfusion decreases the amount of precursor cells in the peripheral blood.... Read More
Usefulness of cord-blood harvesting for autologous transfusion in surgical newborns with antenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies.
Imura K, Kawahara H, Kitayama Y, Yoneda A, Yagi M, Suehara N
J Pediatr Surg 2001;36(6):851-854.
Review by V. Kretschmer