Antiphospholipid syndrome: what's new in understanding antiphospholipid antibody-related stroke?

Curr Rheumatol Rep

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.

Published: June 2006

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