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Societe Internationale de Transfusion Sanguine
Revue Frangaise de ]ransfusion et lmmuno-h6matologie Tome X X I X - - N ° 1 - - 1986
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Societe Internationale de Transfusion Sanguine
August 12, 1985. TO T H E EDITOR, The m e m b e r s of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Working P a r t y on Terminology for Red Cell Surface Antigens wish to bring their Munich Report, (Vox Sang., 49 : 171, 1985) to the a t t e n t i o n of y o u r contributors, readers, and reviewers. The Working P a r t y was e s t a b l i s h e d to p r o m o t e u n i f o r m i t y and nonduplication in a l p h a b e t i c a l n o m e n c l a t u r e for red cell surface antigens and to p r o v i d e a s t a n d a r d n u m e r m a l terminology. The Report contains listings of ISBT a p p r o v e d designations and guidelines for the designations of ~, new ,., antigens. I n t e r e s t e d persons m a y wish to contact local c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s : A u s l r a l i a (S. YouNg); Canada (M. CROOKSTON, M. LEWIS, B.P.L. MOORE); D e n m a r k (J. JORGENSEN), E n g l a n d (D.J. ANSTEE, G.W.G. BIRD, M. CONTRERAS, G DANIELS, C.M. GILES, A. LUBENKO, P.A. TIPPETT); F i n l a n d (H. NEVANLINNA, P. SISTONEN), F r a n c e (Ch. SALMON); G e r m a n y (W. DAHR, S. SEIDL); H o l l a n d (C.P. ENGELFRIET); J a p a n (Y. OKUBO, J. YASUDA); New Zealand (P BOOTH, G. WOODFIELD); N o r w a y (L. KORNSTAD, R. NORDHAGEN); U.S.A. (F.H. ALLEN, Jr., E. BRODHEIM, P.D. ISSlTT, W.L. MARSH, P. MOREL, J.J. MOULDS, R.E. ROSENFIELD, B. SABO, R.H. WALKER). Respectfully submitted, Professor Marion Lewis, Chairman, I S B I Working P a r t y on Terminology for Red Cell Surface Antigens Rh L a b o r a t o r y , 735 Notre Dome Avenue, W I N N I P E G , Manitoba, Canada. R3E OL8 ML/gm encl. S. YOUNG, A u s t r a l i a n Red Cross Society, BTS, 301 Pirie Street, Adelaide 5000, AusI RALIA.
M. CROOKSTON,Toronto General Hospital, 101 College Street, TORONTO, Ont., CANADA, R3E, 0L8.
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M. LEWIS Rh., Laboratory 735 Notre Dame Ave., WINNIPEG, Manitoba, CANADA,R3E, OL8. B.P.L. MOCRE, Canadian Red Cross, BTS, 95 Wellesley St., E., TORONTO, Ont. CANADA,M4Y 1H6. J. JORGENSEN, Blood Bank, The Municipal Hospital, Aarhus DENMARK, DK-8000. D.J. ANSTEE, SW Region Blood Trans. Centre, Southmead Road, Bristol BS10 5ND ENGLAND. G.W.G. BIRD, Dept. of Clin. Genetics, Birmingham Mat. Hospital, Birmingham, ENGLAND,B15, 2TG. M. CONTRERAS,North London Blood Transfusion Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgeware, Middlesex, London, ENGLAND,HA8 9BD. G. DANIELS,~olfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, ENGLAND,NWl 2HE. C. GILES, Royal Postgraduate Med. School, Immunology-Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London ENGLAND,W12 OHS. A. LUBENKO,North London Blood Trans. Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgeware, Middlesex, London ENGLAND,HAS, 9BD. P.A. TIFPETT, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, ENGLAND, NW1 2HE. H.R. NEV•NLINNA, Blood Transfusion Service, Kivihaantie 7, SF-00310 Helsinki, FINLAND31. P. SISTONEN, Finnish Red Cross, BTS, Kivihaantie 7, SF-00310 Helsinki, FINI ANI3 31. Ch. SALMON, Centre National de Transl. Sanguine, 53, bd Diderot, 75571, Paris 15, FRANCE. W. DAHR, Universitats-kliniken Koln, Stelzmann Str. 9 D-5000, Koln 41, Fed Rep. GERMANY. S. SEIDL, PB 730367, Sandhofstrasse 1, D-6000, Frankfurt A.M. 73, WEST GERMANY. C.P. ENGELFRIET, P.O. Box 9190 NL, 1006 A.D., Amsterdam, HOLLAND.
Y. OKUBO, Osaka Red Cross, 4-34 Morinomiya, 2-Chome, Joto-Ku, Osaka 536, JAFAN. J.YASUDA, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, JAPAN.
10-35 2-Chome,
Shinogawa-ku,
P.B. BOOTH, 69 Clifton Terrace, Christchurch 8, NEW ZEALAND. G. WOODFIELD,N.Z. Bld. Trans. Services, Park Avenue, Auckland 1, NEW ZEALAND.
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L. KORNSTAD,Dept. Immuno. Nat. Bld. Grp. Ref. Lab., Geitmyrsveien 75, Postuttak, Oslo 1, NORWAY. R. NORDHAGEN,Nat. Bld. Grp. Ref. Lab., Geitmyrsveien 75, Postuttak, Oslo 1, N0r~WAX. F.H. ALLEN, 310 E. 67 Street, New York, NY, U.S.A. 10021. E. BRODHEIM,310 E. 67 Street, New York, NY, U.S.A. 10021. P.D. ISSlTT, South Florida Bld. Trans. Service, P.O. Box 013201, Miami, FA, U.S.A., 33101. L. MAr~SH, The New York Blood Centre, 310 E. 67 Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 10021. P. MOREL,Assoc. Bld. Bank Consultants, 420 Central Ave., Ste. 110, Alameda, CA, U.S.A., 94501. J. MOULDS, Gamma Biologicals, Inc., 3700 Mangum Road, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 77092. R.E. ROSENFIELD, Mt. Sinai Med. Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY., U.S.A., 10029. B. SABO, Rd. 5, Box 428, Flemington, NJ., U.S.A., 08822. R.H. WALKERWin. Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak MI., U.S.A., 48072.
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Societe Internationale de Transfusion Sanguine
August 12, 1985. TO T H E EDITOR, The m e m b e r s of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) Working P a r t y on Terminology for Red Cell Surface Antigens wish to bring their Munich Report, (Vox Sang., 49 : 171, 1985) to the a t t e n t i o n of y o u r contributors, readers, and reviewers. The Working P a r t y was e s t a b l i s h e d to p r o m o t e u n i f o r m i t y and nonduplication in a l p h a b e t i c a l n o m e n c l a t u r e for red cell surface antigens and to p r o v i d e a s t a n d a r d n u m e r m a l terminology. The Report contains listings of ISBT a p p r o v e d designations and guidelines for the designations of ~, new ,., antigens. I n t e r e s t e d persons m a y wish to contact local c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s : A u s l r a l i a (S. YouNg); Canada (M. CROOKSTON, M. LEWIS, B.P.L. MOORE); D e n m a r k (J. JORGENSEN), E n g l a n d (D.J. ANSTEE, G.W.G. BIRD, M. CONTRERAS, G DANIELS, C.M. GILES, A. LUBENKO, P.A. TIPPETT); F i n l a n d (H. NEVANLINNA, P. SISTONEN), F r a n c e (Ch. SALMON); G e r m a n y (W. DAHR, S. SEIDL); H o l l a n d (C.P. ENGELFRIET); J a p a n (Y. OKUBO, J. YASUDA); New Zealand (P BOOTH, G. WOODFIELD); N o r w a y (L. KORNSTAD, R. NORDHAGEN); U.S.A. (F.H. ALLEN, Jr., E. BRODHEIM, P.D. ISSlTT, W.L. MARSH, P. MOREL, J.J. MOULDS, R.E. ROSENFIELD, B. SABO, R.H. WALKER). Respectfully submitted, Professor Marion Lewis, Chairman, I S B I Working P a r t y on Terminology for Red Cell Surface Antigens Rh L a b o r a t o r y , 735 Notre Dome Avenue, W I N N I P E G , Manitoba, Canada. R3E OL8 ML/gm encl. S. YOUNG, A u s t r a l i a n Red Cross Society, BTS, 301 Pirie Street, Adelaide 5000, AusI RALIA.
M. CROOKSTON,Toronto General Hospital, 101 College Street, TORONTO, Ont., CANADA, R3E, 0L8.
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M. LEWIS Rh., Laboratory 735 Notre Dame Ave., WINNIPEG, Manitoba, CANADA,R3E, OL8. B.P.L. MOCRE, Canadian Red Cross, BTS, 95 Wellesley St., E., TORONTO, Ont. CANADA,M4Y 1H6. J. JORGENSEN, Blood Bank, The Municipal Hospital, Aarhus DENMARK, DK-8000. D.J. ANSTEE, SW Region Blood Trans. Centre, Southmead Road, Bristol BS10 5ND ENGLAND. G.W.G. BIRD, Dept. of Clin. Genetics, Birmingham Mat. Hospital, Birmingham, ENGLAND,B15, 2TG. M. CONTRERAS,North London Blood Transfusion Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgeware, Middlesex, London, ENGLAND,HA8 9BD. G. DANIELS,~olfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, ENGLAND,NWl 2HE. C. GILES, Royal Postgraduate Med. School, Immunology-Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London ENGLAND,W12 OHS. A. LUBENKO,North London Blood Trans. Centre, Deansbrook Road, Edgeware, Middlesex, London ENGLAND,HAS, 9BD. P.A. TIFPETT, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, ENGLAND, NW1 2HE. H.R. NEV•NLINNA, Blood Transfusion Service, Kivihaantie 7, SF-00310 Helsinki, FINLAND31. P. SISTONEN, Finnish Red Cross, BTS, Kivihaantie 7, SF-00310 Helsinki, FINI ANI3 31. Ch. SALMON, Centre National de Transl. Sanguine, 53, bd Diderot, 75571, Paris 15, FRANCE. W. DAHR, Universitats-kliniken Koln, Stelzmann Str. 9 D-5000, Koln 41, Fed Rep. GERMANY. S. SEIDL, PB 730367, Sandhofstrasse 1, D-6000, Frankfurt A.M. 73, WEST GERMANY. C.P. ENGELFRIET, P.O. Box 9190 NL, 1006 A.D., Amsterdam, HOLLAND.
Y. OKUBO, Osaka Red Cross, 4-34 Morinomiya, 2-Chome, Joto-Ku, Osaka 536, JAFAN. J.YASUDA, National Institute of Health, Tokyo, JAPAN.
10-35 2-Chome,
Shinogawa-ku,
P.B. BOOTH, 69 Clifton Terrace, Christchurch 8, NEW ZEALAND. G. WOODFIELD,N.Z. Bld. Trans. Services, Park Avenue, Auckland 1, NEW ZEALAND.
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L. KORNSTAD,Dept. Immuno. Nat. Bld. Grp. Ref. Lab., Geitmyrsveien 75, Postuttak, Oslo 1, NORWAY. R. NORDHAGEN,Nat. Bld. Grp. Ref. Lab., Geitmyrsveien 75, Postuttak, Oslo 1, N0r~WAX. F.H. ALLEN, 310 E. 67 Street, New York, NY, U.S.A. 10021. E. BRODHEIM,310 E. 67 Street, New York, NY, U.S.A. 10021. P.D. ISSlTT, South Florida Bld. Trans. Service, P.O. Box 013201, Miami, FA, U.S.A., 33101. L. MAr~SH, The New York Blood Centre, 310 E. 67 Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., 10021. P. MOREL,Assoc. Bld. Bank Consultants, 420 Central Ave., Ste. 110, Alameda, CA, U.S.A., 94501. J. MOULDS, Gamma Biologicals, Inc., 3700 Mangum Road, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 77092. R.E. ROSENFIELD, Mt. Sinai Med. Center, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY., U.S.A., 10029. B. SABO, Rd. 5, Box 428, Flemington, NJ., U.S.A., 08822. R.H. WALKERWin. Beaumont Hospital, 3601 West 13 Mile Rd., Royal Oak MI., U.S.A., 48072.