Estimating unbiased haplotype frequencies from stem cell donor samples typed at heterogeneous resolutions: A practical study based on over 1 million German donors

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 352-361

  Eberhard, H P ^a   Feldmann, U ^a   Bochtler, W ^a   Baier, D ^b   Rutt, C ^b   Schmidt, A H ^b   Muller C R ^a  

^a German National Bone Marrow Donor Registry   (Germany)

^b DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor registries; Gene frequency; Haplotypes; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Human leukocyte antigen alleles

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DONOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STEM CELL;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78649375945     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2010.01518.x     Document Type: Article

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