Marrow donor registry and bone marrow transplantation from unrelated donors in Taiwan: Initial experience of the Tzu Chi Taiwan Marrow Donor Registry (TCTMDR)

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 727-730

  Shaw, C K ^a   Lin, C L ^b   Li, C C ^b   Lee, T D ^b   Tseng, W P ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone marrow registry; Taiwanese; Unrelated bone marrow transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032950440     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701643     Document Type: Article

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