The human leucocyte antigen-G 14-basepair polymorphism correlates with graft-versus-host disease in unrelated bone marrow transplantation for thalassaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-288

  La Nasa, Giorgio ^b   Littera, Roberto ^a   Locatelli, Franco ^c   Lai, Sara ^a   Alba, Francesco ^a   Caocci, Giovanni ^b   Lisini, Daniela ^c   Nesci, Sonia ^d   Vacca, Adriana ^b   Piras, Eugenia ^b   Bernardo, Maria Ester ^c   Cesare Merlone, Alessandra Di ^c   Orrù, Sandro ^b   Carcassi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

14 basepair polymorphism; Acute graft versus host disease; Bone marrow transplantation; Human leucocyte antigen G; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THALASSEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848831143     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06779.x     Document Type: Article

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