title: A new HLA-B*44 variant, B*4453, identified by haplotype-specific extraction and sequencing-based typing.
abstract: We report the identification of a novel HLA B*44 allele, officially named B*4453, found in an Austrian patient and his two sisters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. silvia.ulrich@klinikum-graz.at
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Posch
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Helmberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lanzer
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059948:HLA-B44 Antigen; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D059948:HLA-B44 Antigen