| Description |
xviii, 173 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Sect. I. Guide for international institutional activity -- Ch. 1. World marrow donor association (WMDA) goals and activities / Colette Raffoux -- Ch. 2. Bone marrow donors worldwide - the presence and perspectives in facilitating the donor-recipient matching in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Machteld Oudshoorn, Jack N. A. Bakker, Henk G. M. van der Zanden and Jon J. van Rood -- Ch. 3. Optimisation of typing policies for European hematopoietic stem cell donor registries : socio-economic evaluation of molecular techniques and recruitment strategies / Anne Cambon-Thomsen, Pierre Antoine Gourraud and Soumia Essaket -- Ch. 4. Involvement of the newly associated states in the 5th framework program of the European Commission - MADO project as an example / Gyozo G. Petranyi, Rita Rasonyi, Agota Dobos, Eva Pozsonyi and Katalin Rajczy -- Ch. 5. Security and privacy aspects in information systems for unrelated stem cell transplant organizations / H. G. M. Van der Zanden -- Ch. 6. JACIE accreditation forges ahead in Europe / Alvaro Urbano-Ispizua, G. Kvalheim, Alois Gratwohl and Fiona Mc Donald -- Ch. 7. Comparing the cost of elective surgery across ten European countries (an action research project exploring methodological issues) / Adam Kozierkiewicz and Malcolm Whitfield -- Sect. II. National bone marrow donor registries -- Ch. 8. Activity of the Czech bone marrow donor registry and cord blood bank / E. Ivaskova, L. Kupkova, P. Kobylka, D. Vagnerova, I. Kolarikova, H. Jedlickova and I. Striz -- Ch. 9. The structure and function of the Hungarian bone marrow donor registry / K. Rajczy, R. Rasonyi, M. Garamszegi, A. Dobo, E. Gyodi and G. Petranyi -- Ch. 10. Present status of bone marrow transplantation and HLA typing in Lithuania / Radvile Malickaite, Aldona Staneviciene and Stanislava Simanaviciene -- Ch. 11. Activity of the national polish bone marrow donor registry / Andrzej Lange, Malgorzata Polak, Malgorzata Dudkiewicz, Katarzyna Koscinska, Aleksandra Nowicka and Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik -- Sect. III. Quality control of donor - recipient matching -- Ch. 12. External proficiency testing in histocomaptibility typing, screening and crossmatching for organ transplantation / Ilias I. N. Doxiadis, Marian D. Witvliet, Guido G. Persijn and Frans H. J. Claas -- Ch. 13. Proficiency testing of HLA class I for Central-East Europe / Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik and Andrzej Lange -- Sect. IV. Genetic aspects -- Ch. 14. "Numbers" or haplotypes : what we really search for in unrelated donors? / Jacek Nowak and Krzysztof Warzocha -- Ch. 15. Do we really need a "perfect match"? : analysis of patients' outcome after unrelated donor hematopoietic cell transplantation (URD-HCT) in the department of pediatric hematology/oncology, Wroclaw, Poland / K. Kalwak, J. Toporski, E. Gorczynska, D. Turkiewicz, M. Slociak, D. Wojcik and A. Chybicka -- Ch. 16. MHC class III typing in donor selection for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants / Katarzyna Bogunia-Kubik, Katarzyna Koscinska, Malgorzata Polak and Andrzej Lange -- Ch. 17. Comparison of HLA-C allele distribution in poles with data for other populations / Wioleta Luszczek, Magdalena Prussak, Maria Manczak and Piotr Kusnierczyk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Histocompatibility testing -- Standards.
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Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.
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Donation of organs, tissues, etc.
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Histocompatibility Testing -- standards.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement -- standards.
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Donor Selection -- standards.
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HLA Antigens -- immunology.
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Tissue and Organ Procurement -- organization & administration.
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| Author |
Lange, A. (Andrzej)
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| LC no. |
2005020775 |
| ISBN |
1594544239 |
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