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Examen de sangre del cordón umbilical - Risks

Consideraciones especiales:

La mayoría de los hospitales recogen habitualmente sangre del cordón umbilical para analizarla al nacer, debido a que es relativamente conveniente y es el único momento en que es posible hacerlo. Además del examen de sangre del cordón umbilical, esta sangre se puede usar para tratar ciertos tipos de cánceres relacionados con la médula ósea. Algunos padres pueden optar por guardar (banco) la sangre del cordón umbilical de su hijo para aquél y otros propósitos médicos futuros.

El almacenamiento de sangre del cordón umbilical en bancos para el uso personal lo realizan compañías privadas que cobran por el servicio. La sangre del cordón umbilical también se puede donar a un banco de sangre local para su uso por parte de otros en la medida de lo necesario para tratar leucemia y otros cánceres.

Reviewed last on: 6/5/2010
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Hematology/Oncology, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Allergy/Immunology, Lubin BH, Shearer WT. Cord blood banking for potential future transplantation. Pediatrics 2007;119(1):165-170.

Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007.

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