Donor selection for natural killer cell receptor genes leads to superior survival after unrelated transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia.

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Published in Blood on June 25, 2010

Authors

Sarah Cooley1, Daniel J Weisdorf, Lisbeth A Guethlein, John P Klein, Tao Wang, Chap T Le, Steven G E Marsh, Daniel Geraghty, Stephen Spellman, Michael D Haagenson, Martha Ladner, Elizabeth Trachtenberg, Peter Parham, Jeffrey S Miller

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1: Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

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