Limited role of MHC class I chain-related gene a (MICA) typing in assessing graft-versus-host disease risk after fully human leukocyte antigen-matched unrelated donor transplantation

Blood

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 4753-4754

  Anderson, Eric ^a   Grzywacz, Bartosz ^a   Wang, Hongbo ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Haagenson, Michael ^c   Spellman, Stephen ^d   Blazar, Bruce R ^a   Miller, Jeffrey S ^a   Verneris, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)   (United States)

^d NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MHC CLASS I RELATED CHAIN A; MHC CLASS I-RELATED CHAIN A;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DONOR; GENOTYPE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 73949093118     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-08-239301     Document Type: Letter

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