Update on Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Management

A Case of Gaucher\'s Disease with Recurrent Fetal Loss and Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME-A CASE OF AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY

A 31 year old woman was hospitalized for evaluation of aortic valve insufficiency and her present cardiac status. Clinical and paraclinical findings strongly suggested the presence of a collagen vascular inflammatory processprecisely, the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), with systemic lupus erythematosus as the underlying disease.

Update on antiphospholipid syndrome.

This review addresses new clinical issues (revealed at the 2006 Sydney update of the 1999 Sapporo Classification criteria; cardiac, renal, and multiple sclerosis-like disease; catastrophic syndrome), mechanisms of action of antiphospholipid antibody (very likely complement mediated), current therapies (moderate dose warfarin recommended for prophylaxis, aspirin not recommended for primary proph...

P46: Optic Neuritis as the First Manifestation of the Primary Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Optic neuritis is commonly associated with diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, infections, taking special drugs, etc. but recently we have observed a patient that presented retro bulbar optic neuritis as a manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome. A 35 y/o young woman with the history of chickenpox admitted to the Qhaem hospital (Mashhad, Iran) with the c/o progressive pain and blurred visio...

Treatment of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease with thrombotic predilection resulting in vascular thrombotic events and obstetric complications. Management of APS focuses on anticoagulation; however, despite the solid evidence suggesting that this is the best treatment option available, a lot of debate persists regarding the intensity and duration of anticoagulation n...