Selective recruitment of stem cell donors with rare human leukocyte antigen phenotypes

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 823-830

  Schmidt, A H ^a   Stahr, A ^a   Baier, D ^a   Schumacher, S ^a   Ehninger, G ^b   Rutt, C ^a  

^a DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; STEM CELL;

ADULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 35648975495     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705832     Document Type: Article

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