HLA-A, -B and -DR antigen frequencies of the London Cord Blood Bank units differ from those found in established bone marrow donor registries.

doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1702197

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HLA-A, -B and -DR antigen frequencies of the London Cord Blood Bank units differ from those found in established bone marrow donor registries.

Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Mar 2000

Brown J, Poles A, Brown C J, Contreras M, Navarrete C V

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Patients requiring allogeneic stem cell transplantation who do not have an HLA-matched related donor can sometimes obtain an unrelated donor by searching volunteer registries. The majority of donors in the registries are Caucasoid, which results in a lower probability of a non-Caucasoid patient finding a suitable donor. Cord blood is increasingly used as a source of haematopoietic stem cells for allogeneic bone...

Topics

Adult
Age Factors
Blood Banks
Bone Marrow
Ethnicity
Female
Fetal Blood
HLA Antigens
HLA-A Antigens
HLA-B Antigens
HLA-DR Antigens
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Phenotype
Racial Groups
Registries

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PMID: 10713622
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702197

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