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What is antiphospholipid syndrome?
Current rheumatology reports - 1 Dec 2004
Erkan Doruk, Lockshin Michael D
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The description of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is vascular thrombosis and/or pregnancy morbidity occurring in persons with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). However, because of an unclear etiopathogenesis and the heterogeneous nature of aPL and of aPL-related clinical manifestations, a single, unambiguous definition of APS does not exist. In this paper, we describe a structured approach to APS, discuss the...
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