A multicenter study to assess the reproducibility of antiphospholipid antibody results produced by an automated system

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 91-95

  Devreese, K M ^a   Poncet, A ^b   Lindhoff Last, E ^c   Musial, J ^d   de Moerloose, P ^b   Fontana, P ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Cardiology Angiology Center Bethanien (CCB) Vascular Center Coagulation Center   (Germany)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

anticardiolipin; antiphospholipid antibodies; reproducibility; 2glycoprotein I

Indexed keywords

BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWITZERLAND; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; PREGNANCY; STANDARDS; THROMBOPHILIA;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOMATION; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 85007196298     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jth.13560     Document Type: Article

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