Nomenclature of human platelet antigens

doi:10.1046/j.1423-0410.2003.00331.x

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Wiley InterScience

Vox Sanguinis

Volume 85 Issue 3, Pages 240 - 245

Published Online: 30 Sep 2003

The Official Journal of the International Society of Blood Transfusion

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Nomenclature of human platelet antigens

P. Metcalfe ¹ , N. A. Watkins ² , W. H. Ouwehand ^1,2 , C. Kaplan*³, P. Newman ⁴ , R. Kekomaki ⁵ , M. de Haas ⁶ , R. Aster ⁴ , Y. Shibata ⁷ , J. Smith ⁸ , V. Kiefel ⁹ & S. Santoso ¹⁰

¹ Division of Haematology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, UK
² Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge and National Blood Service Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
³ Platelet Unit, INTS, Paris, France
⁴ Blood Research Institute, the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
⁵ Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland
⁶ Sanquin Research at CLB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
⁷ Saitama Red Cross Blood Center, Hidaka-Shi, Saitama, Japan
⁸ McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
⁹ Department of Transfusion Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
¹⁰ Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
*Chairman of the ISBT platelet working party

Correspondence: Paul Metcalfe, PhD, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
E-mail: pmetcalfe@nibsc.ac.uk

KEYWORDS

HPA • nomenclature • platelet antigens