The Activated Seven Lupus Anticoagulant (ASLA) test has comparable sensitivity to classical assays for screening of lupus anticoagulant [3]

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1007-1009

  Martinuzzo, Marta ^a   Adamczuk, Yolanda ^a   Varela, Maria Luisa Iglesias ^a   Pombo, Gonzalo ^a   Forastiero, Ricardo ^a  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN;

ACTIVATED SEVEN LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT TEST; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 18844438361     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1616577     Document Type: Letter

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