HLA-A, -B and -DR antigen frequencies of the London Cord Blood Bank units differ from those found in established bone marrow donor registries

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 475-481

  Brown, J ^a   Poles, A ^a   Brown, C J ^a   Contreras, M ^b   Navarrete, C V ^a,c  

^a North London Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord blood banking; HLA frequencies

Indexed keywords

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

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034053815     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702197     Document Type: Article

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