Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 1987

The HLA Nomenclature Committee met after the Tenth International Histocompatibility Testing Workshop to consider revisions and additions to the nomenclature of specificities identified by serologic and cellular typing, and the naming of genes based on molecular techniques following the principles established in previous reports (1-7). Only nomenclature for HLA “class I” and “class II” products was considered. Special attention was given to the naming of genes and alleles in the HLA-D region.