HLA
Laboratory
The
HLA laboratory provides state of the art histocompatibility testing
to support Clinical Center patients, clinical research protocols,
and research laboratory studies. HLA Class I and Class II genotypes
are preformed for hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
and donor, vaccine therapy recipients, adoptive immune therapy recipients,
and patients needing platelets from HLA matched platelets. The HLA
laboratory also tests patients refractory to platelet transfusions
for antibodies to HLA Class I antigens. The laboratory supports
NIH research laboratories by typing people who donate lymphocytes
for research and by HLA typing cell lines used in research. The
laboratory is accredited by the American Society of Histocompatiblity
and Immunogenetics (ASHI) for molecular Class I and Class II genotyping.
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