HL-A

HLA or HL-A «AYCH EHL AY», adjective.

of or having to do with a system of tissue typing based on the presence in the body of certain antigens: »

Studies of the many HLA types found in the population have also shown that some of them are associated with specific diseases: for example, a high proportion of all patients with some form of arthritis are found to have HLA B27 antigens (London Times).

╂[< h(uman) l(eucocyte) a(ntigen)]