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. 2019 Jun;54(6):928-930.
doi: 10.1038/s41409-018-0411-2. Epub 2018 Nov 30.

Very low error rates of NGS-based HLA typing at stem cell donor recruitment question the need for a standard confirmatory typing step before donor work-up

Daniel M Baier  1 , Jan A Hofmann  1 , Heike Fischer  1 , Gabi Rall  1 , Julia Stolze  1 , Katja Ruhner  2 , Vinzenz Lange  2 , Jürgen Sauter  3 , Alexander H Schmidt  1   2
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Very low error rates of NGS-based HLA typing at stem cell donor recruitment question the need for a standard confirmatory typing step before donor work-up

Daniel M Baier et al. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2019 Jun.
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Discrepancy rates by typing method at donor recruitment and by error source. White: typing at recruitment erroneous. Light gray: CT erroneous. Dark gray: sample switch. Black: error source unresolved
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