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Impact of a single human leucocyte antigen (HLA) allele mismatch on the outcome of unrelated bone marrow transplantation over two time periods. A retrospective analysis of 3003 patients from the HLA Working Group of the Japan Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.
British journal of haematology - 1 May 2013
Kanda Yoshinobu, Kanda Junya, Atsuta Yoshiko, Maeda Yoshinobu, Ichinohe Tatsuo, Ohashi Kazuteru, Fukuda Takahiro, Miyamura Koichi, Iida Hiroatsu, Mori Takehiko, Iwato Koji, Eto Tetsuya, Kawa Keisei, Morita Satoshi, Morishima Yasuo
Abstract excerpt
A previous Japanese study revealed that a human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-A or -B allele mismatch was associated with higher overall mortality, whereas an HLA-C or -DRB1 allele mismatch did not affect mortality after serologically matched unrelated bone marrow transplantation (BMT). This study reanalysed 3003 adult patients who underwent unrelated BMT from a serologically HLA-A, -B, or -DR matched unrelated donor...
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