Independent validation of the antiphospholipid score for the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-143

  Sciascia, Savino ^a,b   Bertolaccini, Maria Laura ^a   Roccatello, Dario ^b   Khamashta, Munther A ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIBODIES, PHOSPHO-SPECIFIC; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84871066249     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201985     Document Type: Letter

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