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

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