title: [Numeric terminology of erythrocyte blood group antigens].
abstract: Since the discovery of the first human blood groups, the terminology for erythrocyte blood group antigens has evolved and become inconsistent. In some cases, a single letter is used (eg, A/B, E/e), in some others a symbol with a superscript to denote allelic products is used (eg, Fya/Fyb, Jka/Jkb) while in still others, a numerical notation is used (eg, Fy3, Lu4, K11). Even within the same blood group system, antigens have been named by different terminology (eg, K/k, Kpa/Kpb, K11/K17) and the same antigen was given different names in different laboratories. Therefore a necessary alternative 'popular' terminology was suggested by the ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion) Working Party; In its last monograph, published in 1995 and reviewed in 1996, erythrocyte blood group antigens are classified into 23 systems, 5 collections and 2 series. The Working Party also suggested guidelines for establishing new blood group systems and including new specificities into the nomenclature.
authors.affiliation: Etablissement de transfusion sanguine Alpes-Provence, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chiaroni
mesh_terms: D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D000939:Epitopes; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D000939:Epitopes
vernacular_title: Terminologie numérique des antigènes de groupes sanguins érythrocytaires.