Characteristics and outcomes of the first 540 families in a sibling cord blood banking program.

Many of these families would not have been eligible for community CB donation for a variety of reasons, including the fact that a first-degree relative (the sibling recipient) had a genetic or malignant disease. *Nonmalignant hematological diseases (NMHD) include Wiscott Aldrich Syndrome, Chediak-Higashi, Kostman syndrome and other severe symptomatac neutropenias, aplastic anemia, Fanconi anemia, chronic granulomatous disease, Schwachmann-Diamond syndrome, amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Di George Syndrome, transplantable storage diseases, and others. †Due to maternal health emergency such as placental abruption, prolapsed cord, emergency cesarian delivery, maternal interhospital transfer, or failure to bring collection materials to the birthing hospital.