The utility of the Taipan snake venom assay in assessing lupus anticoagulant status in individuals receiving or not receiving an oral vitamin K antagonist

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-275

  Hunt, Beverley J ^a   Parmar, Kiran ^b   Lefkou, Eleftheria ^b   Doughty, Heidi ^b   Connor, Philip ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Lupus anticoagulant; Oral vitamin k antagonists; Taipan snake venom time

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; SNAKE VENOM; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAKE VENOMS; VITAMIN K; WARFARIN;

EID: 67649522030     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3283256037     Document Type: Article

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