Aging of registered stem cell donors: Implications for donor recruitment

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 605-612

  Schmidt, A H ^a   Biesinger, L ^a   Baier, D ^a   Harf, P ^a   Rutt, C ^a  

^a DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; GERMANY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; GERMANY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 42149137299     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705950     Document Type: Article

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