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Self-assessment of color categories and its relationship with HLA profiling in Brazilian bone marrow donors.
Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation - 1 Jun 2015
Boquett Juliano, Schüler-Faccini Lavínia, Jobim Luis Fernando, Jobim Mariana, Fagundes Nelson Jurandi Rosa, Hünemeier Tábita
Abstract excerpt
The Brazil Ministry of Health maintains a Registry of Bone Marrow Donors that corresponds to approximately 12% of the Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide registry. This registry contains information on ethnicity (by self-assessment of color) and HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 type. The self-assessment of color tool has been extensively used for admixed population characterization. In this context, Brazil represents a highly...
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