Antigen and substrate withdrawal in the management of autoimmune thrombotic disorders

Blood

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4134-4142

  Cines, Douglas B ^a,b   McCrae, Keith R ^c   Zheng, X Long ^d   Sachais, Bruce S ^a   Luning Prak, Eline T ^a   Siegel, Don L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; PENICILLIN G; QUINIDINE; QUININE; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; VACCINATION;

EID: 84869818090     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-06-389445     Document Type: Review

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