title: Alternative donor transplants for leukemia. Scientific Advisory Committee of the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry.
abstract: We analyzed transplant outcome in more than 2,500 recipients of alternative donor and HLA-identical sibling transplants. These data indicate: (1) results of alternative donor transplants are inferior to HLA-identical sibling transplants; (2) zero HLA-antigen disparate unrelated and one HLA-antigen disparate related donors have comparable results; (3) amongst unrelated donors, zero and one HLA-antigen disparity has comparable results; and (4), amongst related transplants, two HLA-antigen disparate transplants fare worse than one HLA-antigen disparate transplants. These data should be useful in deciding when to use an alternative donor and selecting the best donor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1678.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Horowitz
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology; D006648:Histocompatibility / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000601:surgery*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens