The importance of identifying a back-up donor for unrelated stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 437-440

  van Walraven, S M ^a   Heemskerk, M B A ^a,b   Lie, J L W T ^a   Barge, R M Y ^b   Cornelissen, J J ^c   Egeler, R M ^b   Verdonck, L F ^d   Wulffraat, N ^d   Oudshoorn, M ^a,b  

^a Europdonor Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Back up donor; Stem cell transplantation; Unrelated donor search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TIME MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TIME; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 15544379679     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704812     Document Type: Article

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