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Correction to Kurtzberg et al., N Engl J Med 335(3):157-166 July 18, 1996.

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Volume 336:68-70 January 2, 1997 Number 1
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Placental-Blood Transplantation

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To the Editor: Substantial direct and indirect harm may occur during the removal of cord blood from infants. Large amounts of blood are needed to obtain sufficient numbers of stem cells for transplantation. The procedure for removing cord blood can be manipulated to obtain more cord blood, leaving infants anemic. Before stem cells are transplanted, they must be screened for genetic and infectious diseases, including infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Although ethical issues concerning the need to inform parents of diseases that have been detected in their infants have been raised, they have not been resolved. Indeed, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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