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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2017

Human Umbilical Cord Blood CD34-Positive Cells as Predictors of the Incidence and Short-Term Outcome of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Pilot Study.

Sahar M A Hassanein, Mohamed Hassan Nasr Eldin, Hanaa A Amer, Adel E Abdelhamid, Moustafa El Houssinie, Abir Ibrahim

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sahar M A HassaneinDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. saharhassanein@med.asu.edu.eg.
Mohamed Hassan Nasr EldinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hanaa A AmerDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Adel E AbdelhamidNeonatal Unit, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, UK.
Moustafa El HoussinieDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abir IbrahimMOH, Cairo, Egypt.
Ain Shams University · EGQueen Elizabeth Hospital · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeNeonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the leading causes of neurological handicap in developing countries. Human umbilical cord blood (hUCB) CD34-positive (CD34⁺) stem cells exhibit the potential for neural repair. We tested the hypothesis that hUCB CD34⁺ stem cells and other cell types [leukocytes and nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs)] that are up-regulated during the acute stage of perinatal asphyxia (PA) could play a role in the early prediction of the occurrence, severity, and mortality of HIE.

methodsThis case-control pilot study investigated consecutive neonates exposed to PA. The hUCB CD34⁺ cell count in mononuclear layers was assayed using a flow cytometer. Twenty full-term neonates with PA and 25 healthy neonates were enrolled in the study.

resultsThe absolute CD34⁺ cell count (p=0.02) and the relative CD34⁺ cell count (CD34⁺%) (p<0.001) in hUCB were higher in the HIE patients (n=20) than the healthy controls. The hUCB absolute CD34⁺ cell count (p=0.04), CD34⁺% (p<0.01), and Hobel risk scores (p=0.04) were higher in patients with moderate-to-severe HIE (n=9) than in those with mild HIE (n=11). The absolute CD34⁺ cell count was strongly correlated with CD34⁺% (p<0.001), Hobel risk score (p=0.04), total leukocyte count (TLC) (p<0.001), and NRBC count (p=0.01). CD34⁺% was correlated with TLC (p=0.02).

conclusionshUCB CD34⁺ cells can be used to predict the occurrence, severity, and mortality of neonatal HIE after PA.

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full-term neonatesHobel risk scoremononuclear layerperinatal asphyxiastem cellsThompson score

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