Feasibility of finding an unrelated bone marrow donor on international registries for New Zealand patients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-294

  Velickovic, Z M ^a,b   Carter, J M ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; HLA; Maori; New Zealand; Pacific Island; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

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

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DONOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

EID: 0033028429     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701561     Document Type: Article

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