broad antigens

A form of broad antigen — In the testing of cell surface antigens, a serological specificity that is poor or broad relative to other specificities and can be defined as 2 or more split antigens.(Example: HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 are split antigens of the HLA-B5 broad antigen)

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of broad antigen
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