Factor H Autoantibodies in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Thrombosis

Anna Foltyn Zadura1, Ashfaque A Memon1, Ljudmila Stojanovich1

  • 1From the Department of Translational Medicine, and Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University; Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö; Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Halland Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden; Internal Medicine, "Bezhanijska Kosa," University Medical Center, Belgrade, Serbia; Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy; Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.A. Foltyn Zadura, MSc, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University; A.A. Memon, PhD, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skåne University Hospital; L. Stojanovich, MD, PhD, Internal Medicine, "Bezhanijska Kosa," University Medical Center; C. Perricone, MD; F. Conti, MD, PhD; G. Valesini, MD, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma; G. Bogdanovic, MD, PHD, Internal Medicine, "Bezhanijska Kosa," University Medical Center; A. Hillarp, PhD, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Halland Hospital; Y. Shoenfeld, MD, PhD, Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center; J. Sundquist, MD, PhD, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Skåne University Hospital; J. Leffler, PhD, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia; P.J. Svensson, MD, PhD, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University; L.A. Trouw, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center; A.M. Blom, PhD, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University.

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