title: Detection of a new HLA-B*15 allele, HLA-B*15:238, in a voluntary stem cell donor.
abstract: The newly detected HLA-B*15:238 is distinguished from HLA-B*15:52 by a single-nucleotide exchange at position 527 where T is replaced by A.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Transfusion Medicine, HLA Laboratory, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. andreas.parkner@med.ovgu.de
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Parkner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Halm-Heinrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Heim
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D005858:Germany; D059910:HLA-B15 Antigen / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D059910:HLA-B15 Antigen