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Impact of CD31 mismatches on the outcome of hematopoeitic stem cell transplant of HLA-identical sibling.
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 2006
El-Chennawi Farha A, Kamel Hosam A, Mosaad Youssef M, El-Sherbini Sherif M, El-Billey Nader A
Abstract excerpt
Graft-versus host disease (GVHD) complicating allogeneic hematopoeitic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is often attributed to mismatching of minor histocompatibility antigens (mHags), which are poorly defined in humans. CD31 is a candidate human mHag relevant to acute GVHD (aGVHD), but reports disagree about its level of significance. Therefore, we examined the impact of CD31-matching on the outcome of HSCT in...
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