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HLA and graft-versus-host disease: a population-based study of HLA phenotypes of Jewish and Arabic bone marrow transplanted patients in Israel.
Leukemia research - 1 Feb 1997
Bishara A, Brautbar C, Nagler A
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between the incidence of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and human leukocyte antigens (HLA) was analyzed in HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplantation donor/recipient pairs from the two major populations in Israel: Jewish and Arabic. HLA phenotypes were significantly different, in both groups, between patients and healthy controls. Among Jews, a higher incidence of GVHD was found with...
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