Nomenclature of human platelet antigens

1 Division of Haematology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, UK 2 Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge and National Blood Service Cambridge, Cambridge, UK 3 Platelet Unit, INTS, Paris, France 4 Blood Research Institute, the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 5 Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Helsinki, Finland 6 Sanquin Research at CLB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 7 Saitama Red Cross Blood Center, Hidaka-Shi, Saitama, Japan 8 McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 9 Department of Transfusion Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany 10 Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany * Chairman of the ISBT platelet working party