Extended family studies for the identification of allogeneic stem cell transplant donors in Jewish and Arabic patients in Israel

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-55

  Klein, T ^a   Yaniv, I ^b   Stein, J ^b   Narinsky, R ^a   Finkelstein, Y ^b   Garty, B Z ^b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Extended family search; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LIVING DONOR; SIBLING; TISSUE TYPING;

ARABS; CONSANGUINITY; FAMILY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; PEDIGREE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 13744254607     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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