Donor selection in a pediatric stem cell transplantation cohort using PIRCHE and HLA‐DPB1 typing

By: Wiebke Stenger, Annette Künkele, Matthias Niemann, Kremena Todorova, Axel Pruß, Johannes H. Schulte, Angelika Eggert, Lena Oevermann

Published: in Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2019.

Patients: 105

Highlights:

  • PIRCHE may improve HSCT donor selection for children with nonmalignant diseases
  • High PIRCHE-I scores associated with higher risk of GvHD