Histocompatibility Antigens
"Histocompatibility Antigens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of antigens that includes both the major and minor histocompatibility antigens. The former are genetically determined by the major histocompatibility complex. They determine tissue type for transplantation and cause allograft rejections. The latter are systems of allelic alloantigens that can cause weak transplant rejection.
| Descriptor ID |
D006649
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.301.500 D23.050.705.552
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| Concept/Terms |
Histocompatibility Antigens- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Antigens, Histocompatibility
- Histocompatibility Antigen
- Antigen, Histocompatibility
- Transplantation Antigens
- Antigens, Transplantation
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