Genetic similarity of chromosome 6 between patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and HLA matched sibling donors
Background Matching for HLA genes located on chromosome 6 is required in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to reduce the incidence of graft-versus-host disease. However, a considerable proportion of patients still suffer from it, obviously due to genetic differences outside the HLA gene region...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ferrata Storti Foundation
2009-04-01
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| Series: | Haematologica |
| Online Access: | https://haematologica.org/article/view/5221 |