PMID- 17445151
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070621
LR  - 20081121
IS  - 0001-2815 (Print)
IS  - 0001-2815 (Linking)
VI  - 69 Suppl 1
DP  - 2007 Apr
TI  - Overview of registries, HLA typing and diversity, and search algorithms.
PG  - 3-5
AB  - Over 10 million volunteer donors and cord blood units are typed for human 
      leukocyte antigen (HLA) within hematopoietic stem cell registries and cord blood 
      banks. Identification of matched donors in countries different from that of the 
      searching patient is facilitated by Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide and the World 
      Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). A survey of new volunteer donor typing among 
      WMDA member registries has identified the methods and resolution of HLA testing 
      and the level of quality control used to evaluate the accuracy of typing results. 
      The diversity of HLA assignments within registries has generated a number of 
      informatics challenges. Registries are using population genetics to enhance 
      registry diversity and to facilitate the identification of matched donors.
FAU - Hurley, C K
AU  - Hurley CK
AD  - Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA. hurleyc@georgetown.edu
FAU - Maiers, M
AU  - Maiers M
FAU - Marsh, S G E
AU  - Marsh SG
FAU - Oudshoorn, M
AU  - Oudshoorn M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Tissue Antigens
JT  - Tissue antigens
JID - 0331072
RN  - 0 (HLA Antigens)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Algorithms
MH  - *Genetic Variation
MH  - HLA Antigens/classification/*genetics
MH  - Histocompatibility Testing/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Registries
MH  - Tissue Donors/*supply & distribution
RF  - 0
EDAT- 2007/04/21 09:00
MHDA- 2007/06/22 09:00
CRDT- 2007/04/21 09:00
PHST- 2007/04/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/06/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/04/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - TAN758_2 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.758_2.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Tissue Antigens. 2007 Apr;69 Suppl 1:3-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.758_2.x.