The CD nomenclature was proposed and established in the 1st International Workshop and Conference on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens (HLDA), which was held in Paris in 1982.
A nomenclatura CD propúxose e quedou establecida no Primeiro Obradoiro Internacional e Conferencia sobre Antíxenos de Diferenciación de Leucocitos Humanos (HLDA), que tivo lugar en París en 1982.