Shedding a new light on the HLA matching

Korean Journal of Hematology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-2

  Jung, Hye Lim ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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EID: 84859150566     PISSN: 17387949     EISSN: 20929129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5045/kjh.2011.46.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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