Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , January 2006

Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications of Minor Histocompatibility Antigen HA-1 and HA-2 Disparities in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Survey of Different Populations

  • Simona Di Terlizzi

      Affiliations

    • San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Elisabetta Zino

      Affiliations

    • San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Benedetta Mazzi

      Affiliations

    • HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Chiara Magnani

      Affiliations

    • San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Cristina Tresoldi

      Affiliations

    • HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Serena Kimi Perna

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • University “Vita e Salute San Raffaele,” Milan, Italy
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  • Marco Bregni

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Silvano Rossini

      Affiliations

    • HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Fabio Ciceri

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Claudio Bordignon

      Affiliations

    • Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • University “Vita e Salute San Raffaele,” Milan, Italy
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  • Chiara Bonini

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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  • Katharina Fleischhauer

      Affiliations

    • San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Katharina Fleischhauer, MD, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele, via olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy.

Received 27 June 2005 ,Accepted 14 September 2005.

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PII: S1083-8791(05)00632-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.09.017

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , January 2006

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