Marrow transplants from HLA matched unrelated donors: an NMDP update and the Seattle experience.

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Marrow transplants from HLA matched unrelated donors: an NMDP update and the Seattle experience.

Bone marrow transplantation - 1 Jun 1994

Anasetti C, Howe C, Petersdorf E W, Martin P J, Hansen J A

Abstract excerpt

It is now possible to access more than one million HLA-A, B typed volunteer individuals willing to donate marrow and a preliminary search through the NMDP registry provides access to more than 200,000 HLA-A, B, DR typed donors. Fifty-four percent of preliminary searches yield at least one potenti...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Graft vs Host Disease
HLA Antigens
Histocompatibility
Humans
Middle Aged
National Health Programs
Registries
Risk Factors
Tissue Donors
United States
Washington

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