Nomenclature of Immunoglobulins (reply)

WHO - IUIS Nomenclature Subcommittee for Immunoglobulins and T cell receptors report

Since the creation of IMGT®, the international ImMunoGeneTics information system®, http://imgt.cines.fr, in 1989, at New Haven during the 10th Human Genome Mapping Workshop (HGM10), the standardized classification and nomenclature of the immunoglobulins and T cell receptors of human and other vertebrate species have been under the responsibilility of the IMGT Nomenclature Committee (IMGT-NC). I...

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On the International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN): a reply to Zaragüeta-Bagils etal

In 2007 the Systematic and Evolutionary Biogeographical Association (SEBA) wrote and ratified the first draft of the International Code of Area Nomenclature (ICAN), which was posted subsequently on the SEBA website. The ICAN was published, along with an explanatory discussion, by Ebach et al. (Journal of Biogeography, 2008, 35, 1153–1157), an article that is the subject of criticism by Zaragüet...

Reply: Bicuspid aortic valve phenotype and aortopathy: nomenclature and role of aortic hemodynamics.

The regurgitant volume of TR might increase dynamically despite unchanged effective regurgitant orifice area, thus exaggerating TR severity on echocardiographic assessment. Meanwhile, functional TR from various chronic and acute cardiomyopathies may significantly reverse either by itself or after medical treatment. Thus, integrated analysis on both cardiac imaging and clinical data of functiona...

Recommendation on the nomenclature for oral anticoagulants: communication from the SSC of the ISTH: reply.

G. D . BARNES ,* W. AGENO,† J . ANSELL‡ and S . KAATZ ,§ FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONTROL OF ANT ICOAGULAT ION *Frankel Cardiovascular Center and Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; †Division of Internal Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; ‡Department of Internal Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY; and §Hurley Medi...