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The HELLP syndrome, antiphospholipid antibodies, and syndromes

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  1. Division of Immunology, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand and the Netcare Rosebank Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Ronald A. Asherson

  2. Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases Unit, UNERA, Hospital Monte Sinai, Cuenca, Ecuador

    Claudio Galarza-Maldonado

  3. Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit, Universidad Bolivariana–Universidad de Antioquia, Grupo GIE-SHAE, Medellin, Colombia

    Jose Sanin-Blair

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Asherson, R.A., Galarza-Maldonado, C. & Sanin-Blair, J. The HELLP syndrome, antiphospholipid antibodies, and syndromes. Clin Rheumatol 27, 1–4 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-007-0742-7

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