Interferon-γ-based mixed lymphocyte culture as a selection tool for allogeneic bone marrow donors other than identical siblings

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 340-348

  Van Der Meer, Arnold ^a   Wissink, Willemijn M ^a   Schattenberg, Anton V M B ^b   Joosten, Irma ^a,b  

^a Blood Transfusion Service   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Cytokine; Interferon histocompatibility; MLC

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HELPER CELL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032928907     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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