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Polymorphism of adhesion molecule CD31 and its role in acute graft-versus-host disease.

Behar E, Chao NJ, Hiraki DD, Krishnaswamy S, Brown BW, Zehnder JL, Grumet FC. N Engl J Med. 1996; 334 (5): 286-91

Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) caused by poorly defined minor (i.e., other than HLA) histocompatibility antigens remains a serious problem in recipients of bone marrow transplants. We sought to determine whether the CD31 adhesion molecule is a minor alloantigen.

PubMedID: 8532023