Transfusion
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Comparative Study
Racial and ethnic composition of volunteer cord blood donors: comparison with volunteer unrelated marrow donors.
Umbilical cord blood is an alternative peripheral blood progenitor cell source for patients who need transplantation. A presumed advantage of cord blood is the ability to increase minority recruitment. ⋯ The problem of insufficient minority recruitment of cord blood has not yet been solved. Better strategies are needed to recruit minority donors.