Bone Marrow Transplantation

TABLE 3

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Has stem cell transplantation come of age in the treatment of sickle cell disease?

S Shenoy

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Table 3. Probability of finding a matched unrelated donors for African-American HCT recipients

Author Population HLA typed Probability of matching (%)
   8/8 BM 6/6 BM 6/6 UCB 5/6 UCB
Krishnamurti65 Sickle cell disease 33.77 19.48
Adamkiewicz66 Sickle cell disease   50
Stevens67 African Americans  1.744
NMDPa African Americans36.1 24.5 

 Abbreviation: HCT=hematopoietic SCT.

a Personal communication D. Confer NMDP: National Marrow Donor Program.

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