Securing the graft during pandemic: are we ready for cryopreservation for all?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: Bhagirathbhai.R.Dholaria@vumc.org.
² Department of Hematology-Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
³ Department of Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

Bhagirathbhai Dholaria et al. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;26(7):e145-e146.

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.04.009. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

¹ Department of Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: Bhagirathbhai.R.Dholaria@vumc.org.
² Department of Hematology-Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
³ Department of Hematology-Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no relevant conflict of interest in relation to this work.

Cryopreservation for All Is No Option in Unrelated Stem Cell Transplantation. Comment on Dholaria B, et al. Securing the Graft During Pandemic: Are We Ready for Cryopreservation for All? Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020;26:e145-e146.
Schmidt AH, Buk D, Platz A, van den Brink MRM. Schmidt AH, et al. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020 Nov;26(11):e298-e299. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.08.011. Epub 2020 Aug 18. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2020. PMID: 32822844 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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