Diagnostic test combinations associated with thrombosis in lupus anticoagulant positive patients

Katrien Devreese; Kathelijne Peerlinck; Marc F. Hoylaerts

doi:10.1160/TH10-09-0606

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 105(04): 736-738
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-09-0606

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Diagnostic test combinations associated with thrombosis in lupus anticoagulant positive patients

Katrien Devreese

¹Coagulation Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

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Kathelijne Peerlinck

²Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Marc F. Hoylaerts

²Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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