META-ANALYSIS OF CORD VS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS. “Six studies were included in the review; three included children (n=477) and three included adults (n=1,312).” They concluded that the outcomes were similar but that the statistical and clinical variability made the data unreliable. Despite many thousands of procedures, few big studies on outcomes.
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