Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 104-111 , April 2005

The effect of noninherited maternal antigens in allogeneic transplantation

  • J.J. van Rood

      Affiliations

    • Europdonor Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to J. J. van Rood, MD, PhD, Europdonor Foundation, Plesmanlaan 1b, 2333 BZ, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • D.L. Roelen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • F.H.J. Claas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

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 Supported in part by the Dutch Kidney Foundation project C00.6011 and Macropa Foundation.

PII: S0037-1963(05)00007-7

doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2005.01.008

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 104-111 , April 2005

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