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The authors thank the peer reviewers for helpful suggestions and discussion. Funding for current research on non-HLA gene polymorphisms and support to J.H., H.C. (Australia) is via European Commission grants TRANSNET (MCRTN-CT-2004-512253) TRANSMODULATE (MCOIF-CT-2004-509939) and STEMDIAGNOSTICS (LSHB-CT-2007-037703), the Leukaemia Research Fund, and the Tyneside Leukaemia Research Association. Funding for current research on proteomics applied to clinical diagnostics is provided by the “Deutsche Jose Carreras Leukämie Stiftung” (DJCLS R05/08) to EMW and the German research foundation (DFG Mi 681/4-1).

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Weissinger, E.M., Dickinson, A.M. (2009). Immunogenomics and Proteomics in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Predicting Post-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Complications. In: Bishop, M. (eds) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 144. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78580-6_5

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