title: A novel HLA-B*44 allele, HLA-B*4459, identified in a renal patient with aberrant B44 serology and characterized by sequence-based typing.
abstract: Human leukocyte antigen-B*4459 was first identified in a renal patient. The novel allele differs from B*44020101 by a single nucleotide change in exon 3 at nucleotide 453 (C-->G), which changes codon 127 from asparagine (AAC) to lysine (AAG) explaining some aberrant B44 serology results in 2003.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Typing Laboratory, New Zealand Blood Service, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: P P J
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Dunn