International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature


The International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature is an international standard for human chromosome nomenclature, which includes band names, symbols, and abbreviated terms used in the description of human chromosome and chromosome abnormalities.
The ISCN has been used as the central reference among cytogeneticists since 1960.
Abbreviations of this system include a minus sign for chromosome deletions, and del for deletions of parts of a chromosome.

Revision history

  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • ISCN. S. Karger Publishing.
  • Paris Conference : Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Vol 8, No 7
  • Chicago Conference : "Standardization in Human Cytogenetics." Birth Defects: Original Article Series, Vol 2, No 2.
  • London Conference : Cytogenetics 2:264–268
  • Denver Conference : The Lancet 275.7133 : 1063-1065.