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. 2016 Aug;11(2):118-122.
doi: 10.1111/voxs.12280. Epub 2016 Jun 27.

International society of blood transfusion working party on red cell immunogenetics and terminology: report of the Seoul and London meetings

J R Storry  1 , L Castilho  2 , Q Chen  3 , G Daniels  4 , G Denomme  5 , W A Flegel  6 , C Gassner  7 , M de Haas  8 , C Hyland  9 , M Keller  10 , C Lomas-Francis  11 , J M Moulds  12 , N Nogues  13 , M L Olsson  14 , T Peyrard  15 , C E van der Schoot  16 , Y Tani  17 , N Thornton  18 , F Wagner  19 , S Wendel  20 , C Westhoff  11 , V Yahalom  21
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International society of blood transfusion working party on red cell immunogenetics and terminology: report of the Seoul and London meetings

J R Storry et al. ISBT Sci Ser. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

The Working Party has met twice since the last report: in Seoul, South Korea 2014, and in London, UK 2015, both in association with the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Congress. As in previous meetings, matters pertaining to blood group antigen nomenclature were discussed. Eleven new blood group antigens were added to seven blood group systems. This brings the current total of blood group antigens recognized by the ISBT to 346, of which 308 are clustered within 36 blood groups systems. The remaining 38 antigens are currently unassigned to a known blood group system.

Keywords: blood groups; genetics; terminology.

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Conflict of interests The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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