Standardization and harmonization of antiphospholipid antibody assays

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-162

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a   Plebani, Mario ^b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Academic Hospital of Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY ASSAY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84896716882     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1364184     Document Type: Editorial

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