Analysis of the adequate size of a cord blood bank and comparison of HLA haplotype distributions between four populations

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Haimila, Katri ^a   Penttilä, Antti ^a,b   Arvola, Anne ^a   Auvinen, Marja Kaisa ^a,c   Korhonen, Matti ^a  

^a FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD BANK; BOOTSTRAPPING; DONOR; FINLAND; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BELGIUM; BLOOD BANKS; FETAL BLOOD; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84872620328     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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