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  1. Harris EN, Pierangeli S, Branch DW and Spinatto J. Testing for Anticardiolipin Antibodies. Am. J. Obst Gynecol. 1993; 169: 232.
  2. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS and Birch DJ. Anticardiolipin wet workshop report: Vth International Symposium on Antiphospholipid Antibodies. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 1994; 101 : 616-624.
  3. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. Anticardiolipin antibodies-Specificity and Function. Lupus 1994; 3: 217-222.
  4. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. Anticardiolipin and Lupus Anticoagulant Testing and Significance. J Clin Immunoassay. 1994; 17: 1-10.
  5. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. A more specific- ELISA assay for the detection of antiphospholipid antibodies. Clin Immunol Newsletter.- 1995; 15: 26-28.
  6. Merkel PA, Chang YC, Pierangeli SS, Convery K, Harris EN and Polisson RP. The prevalence and clinical associations of anticardiolipin antibodies in a large inception cohort of patients with connective tissue diseases. Am J Med . 1996; 101:576-583.
  7. Silver RM, Pierangeli SS, Edwin SS, Umar F, Harris EN, Scott JR, Branch DW. Pathogenic antibodies in women with obstetric features of antiphospholipid syndrome who test negative for lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996; 176: 628-632.
  8. Branch DW, Silver RM, Pierangeli SS, Van Leeuwen I, Harris EN. Antiphospholipid antibodies in women with recurrent pregnancy loss, fertile controls and Antiphospholipid Syndrome. Obstet Gynecol. 1997; 89: 549-555.
  9. Pierangeli SS, Stewart M, Silva LK, Harris EN. Report of an anticardiolipin wet workshop during the VIIth International Symposium on antiphospholipid antibodies. J Rheumatol. 1998; 25:156-162.
  10. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS, Gharavi AE. Diagnosis of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome: a proposal for use of laboratory tests. Lupus. 1998; Suppl 2: S144-S148.
  11. Merkel PA, Chang YC, Pierangeli SS, Harris EN, Polisson RP. Comparison between the Standard Anticardiolipin Antibody Test and a New Phospholipid Test in Patients with a Variety of Connective Tissue Diseases. J Rheumatol, 1999; 26:591-596.
  12. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. “Equivocal” antiphospholipid syndrome. J Autoimmunity 2000; 15:61-85.
  13. Pierangeli, SS, Harris EN. Advances in Antiphospholipid Antibody Testing. Clinical and Applied Immunology Reviews. 2000; 1: 59-72.
  14. Santiago M, Martinelli R, ko A, Reis EA, Fontes RD, Nascimento EG, Pierangeli S, Espinola R, Gharavi A. Anti-β2glycoprotein I and anticardiolipin antibodies in leptospirosis, syphilis and Kala-azar. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2001; 19: 425-430.
  15. Pierangeli SS, Gharavi AE, Harris EN. Testing for antiphospholipid antibodies: problems and solutions (review). Clin Obst Gynecol 2001; 44: 48-57.
  16. Gharavi AE, Pierangeli SS, Wilson WA. Anticardiolipin antibodies: importance, controversies, discrepancies; the need for guidelines and calibrators. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2001; 19: 237-239.
  17. Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. “Revisiting the anticardiolipin test and its standardization” (editorial). Lupus. 2002; 11: 269-275.
  18. Santiago M, Martinelli R, Reis MG, Almeida E, Ko A, Dias Fontes R, Silva MP, Nascimento EG, de Jesus R, Pierangeli S, Espinola R, Gharavi A. Diagnostic performance of anti-β2glycoprotein I and anticardiolipin assays for clinical manifestations of the antiphospholipid syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2004; 23:485-489.
  19. Erkan D, Derksen WJ, Kaplan V, Sammaritano L, Pierangeli SS, Roubey R, Lockshin MD. Real world experience with antiphospholipid antibody tests: how stable are results over time. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64:1321-1325.
  20. Pierangeli SS, Harris EN. Clinical laboratory testing for anticardiolipin. Review article. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2005; 357:17-33.
  21. Budd R, Harley E, Quarshie A, Henderson V, Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. A Re-appraisal of the normal cut-off assignment for anti-cardiolipin IgM tests. J Thromb Haemost 2006; 4:2210-2214.
  22. Pierangeli SS, Harris EN. A protocol for determination of anticardiolipin antibodies by ELISA. Nat Protoc 2008;3: 840-8
  23. Pierangeli SS, Harris EN. A quarter of a century in anticardiolipin antibody testing and attempted standardization has led us to here, which is?. Semin Thromb Haeemost 2008;334:313-328.
  24. Dong N, Doan E, Pierangeli SS. The diagnosis of the antiphospholipid syndrome: an update. Int J Clin Rheumatol 2010; 8:63-9.
  25. Bertolaccini ML, Amengual O, Atsumi T, Binder W, Laat B, Forastiero R, Kutteh W, Lambert M, Matsubayashi H, Murthy V, Petri M, rand J, Sanmarco M, Tebo A, Pierangeli S. “Non-criteria” aPL tests: report of a task force and preconference workshop at the 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies. Lupus 2011; 20: 191-205.
  26. Pierangeli S, Groot P, Dlott J, Favaloro E, Harris E, Lakos G, Ortel T, Meroni P, Otomo K, Tincani A, Wong R, Roubey R. “Criteria” aPL tests: report of a task force and preconference workshop at the 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies, Galveston, TX April 2010. Lupus 2011; 20: 182-190.
  27. Lakos G, Favaloro EJ, Harris EN, Meroni PL, Tincani A, Wong RC, Pierangeli SS. International consensus guidelines on anticardiolipin and anti-β2glycoprotein I testing: A report from the APL task force at the 13(th) international congress on antiphospholipid antibodies. Arthritis Rheum. 2012; 64: 1-10.
  28. Pierangeli SS, Favaloro EJ, Lakos G, Meroni PL, Tincani A, Wong RC, Harris EN. Standards and reference materials for the anticardiolipin and anti-β2glycoprotein I assays: A report of recommendations from the APL Task Force at the 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies. Clin Chim Acta. 2012; 413:358-60.
  29. Willis R, Harris EN, Pierangeli SS. Current international initiatives in Antiphospholipid Antibody Testing. Semin Thromb Haemost 2012; 38: 360-74.