Guidelines for Testing and Revised Criteria for Lupus Anticoagulants

Thomas Exner; Douglas A Triplett; David Taberner; Samuel J Machin

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1648143

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1991; 65(03): 320-322
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648143

Scientific and Standardization Committee Communications

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Guidelines for Testing and Revised Criteria for Lupus Anticoagulants

SSC Subcommittee for the Standardization of Lupus Anticoagulants

Thomas Exner

¹The Haematology Dept., Westmead Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia

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Douglas A Triplett

²The Indiana University School of Medicine, Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, IN., USA

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David Taberner

³The Withington Hospital, Manchester, UK

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Samuel J Machin

⁴The Middlesex Hospital, London, UK

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