title: Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1977.
abstract: This article gives the decisions of the WHO nomenclature committee on leukocyte antigens, in particular concerning (a) the upgrading of certain HLA-A and HLA-B specificities to full HLA status, (b) the designation of new provisional specificities of the HLA-B, HLA-C, and HLA-D loci, and (c) the establishment of a nomenclature for the new specificities identified by serological techniques on B lymphocytes.
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens