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Role of HLA in hematopoietic SCT.
Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Oct 2008
Nowak J
Abstract excerpt
HLA disparity between hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) donor and recipient triggers T-cell and NK-cell allorecognition, and induces the GVHD, GVL effect and/or may cause an engraftment failure. This review will cover the scope of human genomic variation, the methods of HLA typing and interpretation of high-resolution HLA results. We describe the main subsets of related and unrelated HSC donors and outline the main...
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