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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Petersdorf EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5101019 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
There are now more than 25 million volunteer donors registered worldwide for patients in need of a life-saving hematopoietic cell transplant to cure blood disorders. Although a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donor remains the preferred stem cell source for transplantation, the use of a donor with limited HLA mismatching may be considered. Significant advances in clinical and basic research have been instrumental in furthering the understanding of donor-recipient HLA mismatches that are be ...[more]