Diagnosing antiphospholipid syndrome: 'extra-criteria' manifestations and technical advances

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 548-560

  Sciascia, Savino ^a,b   Amigo, Mary Carmen ^c   Roccatello, Dario ^a,b   Khamashta, Munther ^d,e  

^a S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^d DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85027980785     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2017.124     Document Type: Review

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