Hematopoietic stem cell donor selection: the Europdonor experience.
International collaboration is essential for the optimal selection of unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors. This review focuses on the benefit of a joint worldwide donor file called Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide and the experience of the Europdonor Foundation in selecting strategies to identify the best human leukocyte antigen-matched donor in the shortest time.
Oudshoorn
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Europdonor Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands.
van Walraven
S M
SM
Bakker
J N A
JN
Lie
J L W T
JL
V D Zanden
H G M
HG
Heemskerk
M B A
MB
Claas
F H J
FH
D001771:Blood Banks; D046148:Donor Selection; D005312:Fetal Blood; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D012042:Registries; D014019:Tissue Donors
D006680:HLA Antigens