Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 9, Supplement , Pages 37-44 , September 2008

Advances in the Selection of HLA-Compatible Donors: Refinements in HLA Typing and Matching over the First 20 Years of the National Marrow Donor Program Registry

  • Stephen Spellman

      Affiliations

    • National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprints: Stephen Spellman, National Marrow Donor Program, 3001 Broadway Street NE, Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413.
    • ,
  • Michelle Setterholm

      Affiliations

    • National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Martin Maiers

      Affiliations

    • National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Harriet Noreen

      Affiliations

    • University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Machteld Oudshoorn

      Affiliations

    • Europdonor, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Marcelo Fernandez-Viña

      Affiliations

    • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Effie Petersdorf

      Affiliations

    • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Robert Bray

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Robert J. Hartzman

      Affiliations

    • C.W. Bill Young/Department of Defense Marrow Donor Naval Medical Research Center, Rockville, Maryland
    • ,
  • Jennifer Ng

      Affiliations

    • C.W. Bill Young/Department of Defense Marrow Donor Naval Medical Research Center, Rockville, Maryland
    • ,
  • Carolyn Katovich Hurley

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Received 23 April 2008 ,Accepted 1 May 2008.

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: See Acknowledgements on page 43.

PII: S1083-8791(08)00183-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.05.001

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 14, Issue 9, Supplement , Pages 37-44 , September 2008

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