Platelet-associated autoantibodies as detected by a solid-phase modified antigen capture ELISA test (MACE) are a useful prognostic factor in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4562-4564

  Fabris, Fabrizio ^a,b   Scandellari, Raffaella ^a   Ruzzon, Elisabetta ^a   Randi, Maria Luigia ^a   Luzzatto, Guido ^a   Girolami, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Dept of Med and Surgical Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN IB IX; GLYCOPROTEIN IIA IIIA; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOLID PHASE MODIFIED ANTIGEN CAPTURE ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 2942586618     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3352     Document Type: Article

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