About the Authors
- Effie W Petersdorf
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: epetersd@fhcrc.org
Affiliations Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , The University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Mari Malkki
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Ted A Gooley
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Affiliations Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , The Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Paul J Martin
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Affiliations Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , The University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Zhen Guo
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
EWP and ZG have applied for a US non-provisional 111(a) patent for the haplotyping method, serial number 10/843,985. The remaining authors have no conflict of interest.
Author Contributions
EWP contributed the study hypothesis and study design. ZG developed and carried out the haplotyping protocol, and MM managed the laboratory database. EWP, MM, and ZG analyzed haplotyping data, and PJM assisted in the analysis of GVHD. TAG performed the statistical analysis. All authors contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.