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Histocompatibility is a measurement of surface antigens on cells from different individuals e.g. cells from a donor and a recipient. The ability of a graft to be accepted by a host shows that the donor and the recipient cells are histocompatible.
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Wilson, J.D., Simpson, S.I. (1980). Tissue Typing. In: Diagnostic Immunology and Serology: A Clinicians’ Guide. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1126-1_19
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