A novel HLA-A*29 allele (A*2916) of a Caucasian relative to an ALL patient containing a point mutation in a putatively conserved region which was identified through the loss of a specific amplificate in a low-resolution SSP-PCR kit.
Institute of Medical Immunology, Interbranch HLA-Laboratory, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Strasse 16, D-06097 Halle, Germany.
