Improved confirmation of weak lupus anticoagulants by employing sensitive and insensitive reagents to the lupus anticoagulant

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 563-567

  Ames, P R J ^a   Iannaccone, L ^c   Iasio, R De ^b   Brancaccio, V ^c,d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pellegrini Hospital   (Italy)

^c CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lupus anticoagulant; Platelet neutralization; Soy bean reagent

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FS; DIACELIN; KAOLIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; REAGENT;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOYBEAN; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COAGULATION PROTEIN DISORDERS; FACTOR VIII; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034748315     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200110000-00009     Document Type: Article

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