Relationship of Lupus Anticoagulant, Anticardiolipin, Anti-β2-GPI and Anti-prothrombin Autoantibodies with History of Thrombosis in Patients with the Clinical Suspicion of APA-Syndrome

Thromb Haemost 1997; 78(02): 967-968
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657667

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Relationship of Lupus Anticoagulant, Anticardiolipin, Anti-β₂-GPI and Anti-prothrombin Autoantibodies with History of Thrombosis in Patients with the Clinical Suspicion of APA-Syndrome

Armando D’Angelo

¹The Coagulation Service, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Omid Safa

¹The Coagulation Service, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Luciano Crippa

¹The Coagulation Service, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Annamaria Garlando

¹The Coagulation Service, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Maria Grazia Sabbadini

²Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Silvana Vigano’D’Angelo

¹The Coagulation Service, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milano, Italy

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