Prenatal HLA-matching to determine suitability for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 579-581

  Van Den Berg, H ^a,c   Verjaal, M ^a   Boer, K ^a   Lardy, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Delivery; Foetus; HLA typing; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HLA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0034017650     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702219     Document Type: Article

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