Aszódi Lili, F.: Alloantigen systems of human leucocytes and platelets (Budapest, 1979)
L. FÜLÖP-ASZÓDI ALLOANTIGEN SYSTEMS OF HUMAN LEUCOCYTES AND PLATELETS The monograph deals with the marvellously complicated antigens of leucocytes belonging to the Human Major Histocompatibility System, the so-called HLA complex. The HLA system is the most polymorphous human genetic system known today. Within the immune system, the genes belonging to the HLA chromosome region control the basic immunological reactions of the living body. Therefore, the HLA system is of great genetic, immunological and theoretical importance, with an increasing practical significance in a number of fields of medicine. In Chapter 1 of the monograph, the serology, genetics and biochemistry of the HLA system are discussed together with other determinants of the HLA chromosome region. Chapter 2 deals in detail with the practical importance of the HLA system in different fields of medicine. Chapter 3 reviews in detail the most important serological and cellular techniques for determining HLA antigens. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ, BUDAPEST