An increase of anticardiolipin antibody in association with stroke and chronic chemical exposure

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-235

  Chen, Wei Hsi ^a   Lui, Chun Chung ^a   Chen, Chung Jen ^a   Liu, Jia Shou ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibody; Cerebral ischemia; Formaldehyde; Urea formaldehyde resin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; RESIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; UREA; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; UREA FORMALDEHYDE FOAM;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; THROMBOSIS; UREA;

EID: 33747757206     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960601200214     Document Type: Article

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