Hughes syndrome: A common problem in Kuwait hospitals

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1132-1136

  Malaviya, A N ^a,b   Marouf, R ^a   Al Jarallah, K ^a,b   Al Awadi, A ^a   Al Saied, K ^a,b   Al Gaurer, S ^a   Khamis, A ^a   Al Salem, I ^a   Raghupathy, R ^a,b   Al Mazidi, M ^a,b   Serebour, F ^b   Umamaheswaran, I ^b   Mourou, M ^a   Mokhtar, M ^a   Qurtom, M ^a   Raoof Al Shayeb, A ^a   Tarasevicius, T ^a   Hussain, M A S ^a  

^a AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anti phospholipid syndrome; Hughes syndrome; Kuwait; Middle East

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECURRENT ABORTION; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1542786234     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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