Lupus anticoagulant syndrome: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 619-620

  Mwanda, O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; PREGNANCY; STEROIDS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032174141     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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