HLA system

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HLA system

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue

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No references found			Dausset's discovery in 1958 of the HLA system allowed physicians to verify compatibility between the donor and recipient of an organ to be transplanted. Jean Dausset, MD by Transplant News the role of the HLA system in distinguishing self from non-self, and in eliminating diseased cells, and how this presents important biomarkers for diagnosis and therapy. HLA-omics and cancer biomarkers: emerging tools and technologies for ... by Pogue, Gregory P.; Gibson, Grant; Capra, J. Donald / Medical Laboratory Observer Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, update March 2003. Electrostatic potential on human leukocyte antigen: implications for ... by Demchuk, Eugene / Environmental Health Perspectives			HIV-positive Hiva Oa hive hive away hive bee hive dross hive off hive up Hiveless Hiver hives Hiwassee hiya Hizb ut-Tahrir Hizballah Hizbollah Hizbullah Hizz HJ HJS hk Hkakabo Razi HKJ HL HLA HLA system HM HMAS HMBS HMCS HMF HMG HMG-CoA reductase HMI HMO Hmong Hmong language HMS HMSO HN HNC HND Ho Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh City ho hum ho-hum ho. hoactzin hoagie Hoagland			HL-PCFG HL/HL HL2 HL2DM HL2JKS HL2SP HL7 HL7 HL7ECF HLA HLA HLA HLA HLA & disease HLA a HLA a HLA a HLA antigen HLA antigen Hla antigens Hla antigens Hla antigens HLA complex HLA complex HLA complex HLA complex HLA match HLA mismatch HLA phenotyping HLA phenotyping HLA system HLA type HLA type HLA typing HLA-A Hla-a antigens Hla-a antigens HLA-B Hla-b antigens Hla-b antigens HLA-B Associated Transcript 1 HLA-B27 Hla-b27 antigen HLA-B27-related arthropathies Hla-c antigens Hla-c antigens HLA-D Hla-d antigens Hla-d antigens HLA-DQ HLA-DQA HLA-DRA HLA-FL HLAA HLAB HLABC HLAC HLACAM HLACAMS HLAD

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