Genetic diversity among volunteer donors of bone marrow in southeastern Brazil, according to the HLA system

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Checking the histocompatibility of the molecules of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system is vital for performing bone marrow transplantation with allogeneic material. The objective of this study was to characterize bone marrow donors according to gender, age, ethnicity and...

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Main Authors: Letícia Sarni Roque, Rodolpho Telarolli-Junior, Leonor Castro Monteiro Loffredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802014000300158&lng=en&tlng=en