Tissue Typing Laboratory

The HLA Laboratory, located at Arkansas Children's Hospital, is a service offered by UAMS. The HLA Laboratory supports the clinical solid organ transplantation programs for the state of Arkansas. These services include identification of specific tissue antigens including HLA-A, B, C, DR, DQ, lymphocytotoxicity cross matches and determining presence and specificity of circulating anti- HLA antibody. Please contact the HLA laboratory before sending samples.

Services 

• Supports the clinical solid organ transplantation-deceased and live donor programs for the state of Arkansas

• Supports HSC/BM transplantation-related and unrelated donors

• Histocompatibility testing for other clinical purpose-disease studies

• Identification of specific tissue antigens including HLA-A, B, C, DR, DQ, lymphocytotoxicity cross matches and determining presence and specificity of circulating anti-HLA antibody

Location

UAMS Lab

Phone: 501-686-7257
University of Arkansas Medical Center - M1/300