STR Analysis Is Performed on Bone Marrow Donor-Recipient Pairs Prior

question 18

Multiple Choice

STR analysis is performed on bone marrow donor-recipient pairs prior to transplantation for which of the following reasons?

• A) To determine whether the donor and recipient are a match
• B) To determine the likelihood of graft-versus-host disease
• C) To find informative alleles for post-transplantation studies
• D) To add their STR haplotypes to a national database

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