Probability of Finding an HLA-Matched Donor in Immediate and Extended Families: The Jordanian Experience

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-226

  Elbjeirami, Wafa M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Fawzi ^a   Hussein, Ayad Ahmed ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Extended family search; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Jordan; Matched related donor

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DONOR SELECTION; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84872617722     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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