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Antiphospholipid syndrome: genetic review.
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Oct 2003
Namjou Bahram
Abstract excerpt
The possibility of a genetic predisposition to develop the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and to produce anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulant has been addressed by family studies and by population studies. Various studies suggest a familial occurrence of anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulant, with or without clinical evidence of APS. This familial tendency could be genetically...
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