Nomenclature for factors of the HLA system, 1980.

This article outlines the decisions made by the WHO nomenclature committee on leukocyte antigens at a meeting held after the 8th International Workshop on Histocompatibility Testing. Particular attention is given to new designations for provisional HLA-B and HLA-DR specificities and the upgrading of certain HLA-D and HLA-DR specificities to full HLA status. The existence of supertypic cross-reacting specificities was confirmed and extended.