Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 537-541 , December 2009

High-resolution typing for unrelated donor transplantation: How far do we go?

  • Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS (Professor of Hematologic Research)

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PII: S1521-6926(09)00068-1

doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2009.09.006

Best Practice & Research Clinical Haematology
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 537-541 , December 2009

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