Regional HLA differences in Poland and their effect on stem cell donor registry planning.

Regional HLA frequency differences are of potential relevance for the optimization of stem cell donor recruitment. We analyzed a very large sample (n = 123,749) of registered Polish stem cell donors. Donor figures by 1-digit postal code regions ranged from n = 5,243 (region 9) to n = 19,661 (region...

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Main Authors: Alexander H Schmidt, Ute V Solloch, Julia Pingel, Jürgen Sauter, Irina Böhme, Nezih Cereb, Kinga Dubicka, Stephan Schumacher, Jacek Wachowiak, Gerhard Ehninger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772002?pdf=render