The quest for a bone marrow donor--optimal or maximal HLA matching?

Editorial

J J van Rood et al. N Engl J Med. 1998.

. 1998 Oct 22;339(17):1238-9.

doi: 10.1056/NEJM199810223391709.

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Comment in

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Effect of matching of class I HLA alleles on clinical outcome after transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells from an unrelated donor. Japan Marrow Donor Program.
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Treatment of high-risk acute leukemia with T-cell-depleted stem cells from related donors with one fully mismatched HLA haplotype.
Aversa F, Tabilio A, Velardi A, Cunningham I, Terenzi A, Falzetti F, Ruggeri L, Barbabietola G, Aristei C, Latini P, Reisner Y, Martelli MF. Aversa F, et al. N Engl J Med. 1998 Oct 22;339(17):1186-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199810223391702. N Engl J Med. 1998. PMID: 9780338