Frequency of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with infectious diseases using three different ELISA methods Freqüência de anticorpos antifosfolípides em pacientes com doenças infecciosas usando três diferentes testes de ELISA

• Main Authors: Mittermayer Barreto Santiago (Author), Reinaldo Martinelli (Author), Mitermayer G. Reis (Author), Eliana Almeida Reis (Author), Albert Ko (Author), Roberto Dias Fontes (Author), Moacir Paranhos Silva (Author), Eliane Goes Nascimento (Author), Ricardo Espinola (Author), Nigel Harris (Author), Azzudin Gharavi (Author), Silvia Pierangeli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2006-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies is the most important test for the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). However, the test is also positive in some infectious diseases and other non-related syndromes. It has been suggeste...