Patients with Essential thrombocythaemia have an increased prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies which may be associated with thrombosis [PDF]
A significant proportion of patients with Essential Thrombocythaemia (ET) have thrombotic complications which have an important impact upon the quality, and duration of their life.
Carr, P. +5 more
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Spermatic vein thrombosis with lupus anticoagulant, a cause of acute inguinal pain: a case report
Patients with lupus anticoagulants are at high risk of systemic arterial and venous thrombosis and arterial stroke. We present an unusual case of a young man presenting inguinal pain. Doppler ultrasound revealed spermatic vein thrombosis on the left side.
Mohammed Aynaou +4 more
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Clinical significance of antibodies to the phosphatidylserine/prothrombin complex
Classical serological markers of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are antibodies to cardiolipin, antibodies to β2-glycoprotein 1, and lupus anticoagulant.
T. M. Reshetnyak +3 more
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Anti-phospholipid-antibodies in patients with relapsing polychondritis [PDF]
Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an extremly rare multisystemic disease thought to be of autoimmune origin. In order to assess if RP is associated with anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL), clinical data and sera of 21 patients with RP were collected in a ...
B Lang +11 more
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Síndrome antifosfolípide Antiphospholipid syndrome
Condição adquirida, sistêmica, caracterizada por tromboses recorrentes no sistema arterial, venoso ou ambos, a síndrome antifosfolípide pode ser primária ou secundária, esta última mais associada ao lúpus eritematoso sistêmico e menos freqüentemente a ...
Jesus Rodriguez Santamaria +5 more
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Evaluation of an automated algorithm for interpretation of lupus anticoagulant testing [PDF]
Introduction: Lupus anticoagulant (LAC) testing is a multistep procedure including screening, mixing, and confirmation tests. STA Coag Expert is a software module for STA R Max and STA Compact Max analyzers which includes an on-demand LAC algorithm ...
Desloovere, Maxime +2 more
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Diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome in routine clinical practice. [PDF]
The updated international consensus criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are useful for scientific clinical studies. However, there remains a need for diagnostic criteria for routine clinical use.
Cohen, H +3 more
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Nasal Skin Necrosis: A Very Rare Manifestation of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
A 23-year-old woman, a smoker and oral oestrogen user, presented with nasal necrosis. No other symptoms or local trauma were described. Relevant laboratory findings included complement consumption, positive lupus-anticoagulant assay, increased rheumatoid
Carolina Oliveira Ourique +4 more
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We report the cases of two children who presented with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) as an initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Yan Lu, Xian-Mei Huang
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Analytical dilemmas in lupus anticoagulant detection
Accurate lupus anticoagulant (LA) detection is crucial to antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) diagnosis. Detection is based on LA functional behavior in coagulation assays irrespective of epitope specificity. LA screening tests employ dilute phospholipids to
Gary W. Moore
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