HLA class I null alleles and new alleles affect unrelated bone marrow donor searches

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-98

  Smith, Douglas M ^a   Baker, J E ^a   Gardner, W B ^a   Martens, G W ^a   Agura, E D ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; HLA typing; Null alleles; Unrelated bone marrow donor

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DONOR; HAPLOTYPE; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STOP CODON;

ALLELES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 22644434428     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2005.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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