Infant stroke and beta-2-glycoprotein 1 antibodies: Six cases

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 678-681

  Ebeling, Freja ^a   Petäjä, Jari ^b   Alanko, Soile ^c   Hirvasniemi, Aune ^d   Holm, Tarja ^e   Lähde, Marja ^f   Nuutila, Auli ^g   Pesonen, Helena ^d   Vahtera, Elina ^a   Rasi, Vesa ^a  

^a Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfus S ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d KAINUU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiolipin antibodies; Cerebral ischaemia; Hemiparesis; Phospholipid antibodies; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 10744231175     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1285-9     Document Type: Article

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