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Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002

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  1. Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London, NW3 2QG, UK

    Steven G. E. Marsh

  2. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA

    Peter Parham & Lisbeth A. Guethlein

  3. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

    Bo Dupont & Katharine C. Hsu

  4. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, USA

    Daniel E. Geraghty

  5. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

    John Trowsdale

  6. Northern Ireland Tissue Typing Laboratory, Belfast, UK

    Derek Middleton

  7. Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

    Carlos Vilches

  8. Frederick Cancer Research and Development Centre, Frederick, USA

    Mary Carrington

  9. Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia

    Campbell Witt

  10. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Heather Shilling

  11. Anthony Nolan Research Institute, London, UK

    Christian A. Garcia

  12. University College London, London, UK (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee)

    Hester Wain

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Marsh, S.G.E., Parham, P., Dupont, B. et al. Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) nomenclature report, 2002. Immunogenetics 55, 220–226 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00251-003-0571-z

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