A contribution to the debate on the laboratory criteria that define the antiphospholipid syndrome

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1048-1049

  Pengo, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 43749119820     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.02965.x     Document Type: Letter

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