Information technology and the role of WMDA in promoting standards for international exchange of hematopoietic stem cell donors and products

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 839-842

  Maiers, M ^a   Bakker, J N A ^b   Bochtler, W ^c   Eberhard, H P ^c   Marsh, S G E ^d   Muller C ^c   Rist, H G ^c  

^a NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Europdonor Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c ZKRD Zentrales Knochenmarkspender Register Deutschland   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell; HLA; Matching; Standards

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD MARROW DONOR ASSOCIATION;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 77952421089     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2010.29     Document Type: Short Survey

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