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Rheumatology
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Hematology
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome
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Benign Hematology
Can APLS cause a false positive HIT ELISA?
If so, is there one type of antibody that is more likely to cause this false positive test?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Yes, that has been reported: Pauzner et al., PMID 19291166.
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