International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on red cell immunogenetics and blood group terminology: Cancun report (2012)

J R Storry; L Castilho; G Daniels; W A Flegel; G Garratty; M de Haas; C Hyland; C Lomas-Francis; J M Moulds; N Nogues; M L Olsson; J Poole; M E Reid; P Rouger; E van der Schoot; M Scott; Y Tani; L-C Yu; S Wendel; C Westhoff; V Yahalom; T Zelinski

doi:10.1111/vox.12127

International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on red cell immunogenetics and blood group terminology: Cancun report (2012)

Vox Sang. 2014 Jul;107(1):90-6. doi: 10.1111/vox.12127. Epub 2013 Dec 27.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University and Regional Laboratories, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract

The International Society of Blood Transfusion Working Party on red cell immunogenetics and blood group terminology convened during the International congress in Cancun, July 2012. This report details the newly identified antigens in existing blood group systems and presents three new blood group systems.

Keywords: blood groups; genetics; red blood cell; terminology.

MeSH terms

Blood Group Antigens / classification*
Blood Group Antigens / genetics
Blood Group Antigens / immunology
Humans
Immunogenetics
Societies, Scientific
Terminology as Topic*

Substances

Blood Group Antigens

Grants and funding

Z99 CL999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States