HLA-B44 subtypes and the chance of finding HLA compatible donor/recipient pairs for bone marrow transplantation a haplotype study of 303 Italian families

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 602-609

  Mattiuz, P L ^a   Di Paolo, E ^a   Fossombroni, V ^a   Menicucci, A ^a   Pradella, F ^a   Porfirio, B ^a,b   Rombola G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dept of Clinical Physiopathology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone marrow donor registry; Haplotype; HLA B44 subtyping; PCR SSOP

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GRAFT REJECTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0031467723     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1997.tb02918.x     Document Type: Article

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