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Personalized Peptide Arrays for Detection of HLA Alloantibodies in Organ Transplantation
Published on: September 6, 2017
Donor registries and search strategies
Carolyn K Hurley1, Machteld Oudshoorn, Michelle Setterholm
1Department of Oncology, CW Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program, Georgetown University Medical Centre, Washington, DC, USA. hurleyc@georgetown.edu
The optimal donor of hematopoietic progenitor cells shares alleles of the major histocompatibility genes with the recipient. This chapter describes the strategies aimed at identifying such a matched donor from registries of volunteers or from umbilical cord blood banks.
The optimal donor of hematopoietic progenitor cells shares alleles of the major histocompatibility genes with the recipient. This chapter describes the strategies aimed at identifying such a matched donor from registries of volunteers or from umbilical cord blood banks.
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