鐮狀細胞疾病(鐮狀細胞性貧血)是一種基因異變引致的遺傳病,患者的紅血球變成不正常的鐮刀形,並阻塞血液流動,相當具危險性。鐮狀細胞疾病估計影響全球超過200萬人,現時造血幹細胞移植是唯一能治癒此病的方法,臍血是其中一個幹細胞來源。
由於鐮狀細胞疾病是隱性遺傳的,即已有一個患鐮狀細胞疾病的孩子的母親,下一個孩子有25%機會同樣患上此病,亦有25%機會與患病孩子組織類型吻合而有機會可進行臍血移植,所以在下一個孩子出生時儲存臍帶血相當重要。
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