title: Unrelated bone marrow donor registry in Japan: the Central Coordination Committee of the Japan Marrow Donor Foundation. Japan Donor Marrow Program.
abstract: The Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP) was officially funded as of December 1991. The process of donor recruitment has been successful and the registry now has an enrollment of 32,140 Japanese donors with approximately 1200 donors being added monthly. The number of unrelated transplants facilitated through JMDP is increasing and 62 unrelated BMTs have been carried out since January 1993. The unique composition of donor pool of JMDP will be helpful with respect to international cooperation in unrelated BMT.
mesh_terms: D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012042:Registries; D014019:Tissue Donors