The US National Marrow Donor Program role in unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages

  Confer, D ^a   Robinett, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTRACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES;

FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50549087897     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2008.102     Document Type: Review

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