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Molecular pathophysiology of the antiphospholipid syndrome: the role of oxidative post-translational modification of beta 2 glycoprotein I

  1. F. H. PASSAM,
  2. B. GIANNAKOPOULOS,
  3. P. MIRARABSHAHI,
  4. S. A. KRILIS

Article first published online: 22 JUL 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04301.x

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Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Special Issue: State of the Art 2011

Volume 9, Issue Supplement s1, pages 275–282, July 2011

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PASSAM, F. H., GIANNAKOPOULOS, B., MIRARABSHAHI, P. and KRILIS, S. A. (2011), Molecular pathophysiology of the antiphospholipid syndrome: the role of oxidative post-translational modification of beta 2 glycoprotein I. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 9: 275–282. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04301.x

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  1. Department of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

*Steven A. Krilis, Department of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, St. George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Tel.: +612 91132955; fax: +612 91133981. E-mail: s.krilis@unsw.edu.au

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