Kandiah D A, Krilis S A
Department of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of New South Wales, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia.
Lupus. 1996 Apr;5(2):160-2. doi: 10.1177/096120339600500215.
'Antiphospholipid' (aPL) antibodies are a heterogenous group of autoantibodies that are now considered to be directed mainly to plasma proteins or protein-phospholipid complexes. Standardisation of assays for anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies and lupus anticoagulants (LA) have been fraught with difficulty despite numerous attempts to perform this by International Standardisation Workshops and Committees.
