학술논문
The Sickle-Cell Kid.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*SICKLE cell anemia treatment
*TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.
*CORD blood transplantation
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Language
ISSN
0040-781X
Abstract
Reports on a pioneering experimental transplant that Keone Penn has undergone to cure him of a severe form of sickle-cell anemia. Description of the procedure that used blood cells from the umbilical cord of a newborn infant; What Keone had to do to prepare for the transplant; Cost of the treatment.