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Histocompatibility

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Histocompatibility is literally the ability of tissues (Greek:histos) to get along with each other. It is used in immunology to describe the genetic systems that determine the rejection of tissue and organ grafts resulting from immunological recognition of histocompatibility (H) antigens.

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  1. German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Manfred Schwab

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  1. Abt. Tumorgenetik, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany

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Schwab, M. (2015). Histocompatibility. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_2742-2

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