Welcome to Ask Stago, the weekly podcast dedicated to providing expert answers to your expert questions in coagulation.
This week, with our expert Lisa Gannon, product line manager, Cécile Hourquet and Audrey Carlo will question how to accurately perform an Lupus Anticoagulant diagnosis work up in the laboratory.
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- Devreese KMJ, Ortel TL, Pengo V, de Laat B; Subcommittee on Lupus anticoagulant/Antiphospholipid antibodies. Laboratory criteria for antiphospholipid syndrome: communication from the SSC of the ISTH. J Thromb Haemost 2018; 16: 809-813
- CLSI Laboratory testing for the Lupus anticoagulant - Approved Guideline. CLSI document H60-A. Wayne, PA; 2014.
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