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Comparison of graft-versus-host-disease and survival after HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation in ethnic populations.
Blood - 15 Feb 2005
Oh Hakumei, Loberiza Fausto R, Zhang Mei-jie, Ringdén Olle, Akiyama Hideki, Asai Takayoshi, Miyawaki Shuichi, Okamoto Shinichiro, Horowitz Mary M, Antin Joseph H, Bashey Asad, Bird Jennifer M, Carabasi Matthew H, Fay Joseph W, Gale Robert Peter, Giller Roger H, Goldman John M, Hale Gregory A, Harris Richard E, Henslee-Downey Jean, Kolb Hans-Jochem, Litzow Mark R, McCarthy Philip L, Neudorf Steven M, Serna Derek S, Socié Gerard, Tiberghien Pierre, Barrett A John
Abstract excerpt
The association of ethnicity with the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and other clinical outcomes after transplantation is controversial. We compared the results of HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantations for leukemia, performed between 1990 and 1999, among different ethnic populations, including 562 Japanese, 829 white Americans, 71 African Americans, 195 Scandinavians, and 95 Irish....
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