Identification of 2127 new HLA class I alleles in potential stem cell donors from Germany, the United States and Poland

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 184-189

  Hernandez Frederick C J ^a   Giani, A S ^a   Cereb, N ^b   Sauter, J ^a   Silva Gonzalez R ^a   Pingel, J ^a   Schmidt, A H ^a   Ehninger, G ^c   Yang, S Y ^b  

^a DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center   (Germany)

^b Histogenetics Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Human leukocyte antigens; New alleles; Sequencing based typing

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIVERSITY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN LEUKOCYTE ANTIGENS; NEW ALLELES; SEQUENCING-BASED TYPING;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; EXONS; GENETIC LOCI; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDES; POLAND; REGISTRIES; STEM CELLS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894271228     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tan.12304     Document Type: Article

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