Pathophysiology of antiphospholipid antibodies.

Comparison of Serum Level of Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Homocysteine in Patients with Pemphigus Vulgaris and Healthy Subjects: A Case-Control Study

Introduction: Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membrane. Antiphospholipid antibodies are a group of autoantibodies found in patients with autoimmune diseases. Due to the risk for thrombotic events in autoimmune diseases, we decided to evaluate the correlation between pemphigus vulgaris and predictive elements of atherothrombosis including antiphospho...

Antiphospholipid syndrome: association between laboratory tests and clinical practice.

Antiphospholipid antibodies are a wide and heterogeneous group of immunoglobulins, whose presence inpatients with arterial and venous thrombosis, and obstetrical complications defines the antiphospholipid syndrome. We systematically reviewed published articles on this syndrome to investigate the association between thrombosis and the most common antiphospholipid antibodies. Lupus anticoagulants...

Prevalence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Syrian Patients with Thrombosis

Background: Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are a heterogeneous family of anti-bodies associated with thrombosis and other complications. Objective: To study the prevalence of aPL in patients with thrombosis at Aleppo University Hospitals, Syria. Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven patients with venous and arterial thrombosis and 63 healthy controls were studied. Anticardiolipin antibodies (...

Frequency of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Iranian Patients with Solid Malignan-cies: A Pilot Study

Comparison of Antiphospholipid Antibodies between Preeclamptsia and Normal Pregnant Women

Antiphospholipid antibodies (APLA) may be detected in normal pregnancies and also may cause thrombosis, recurrent fetal loss, placental infarction and preeclampsia. In the present study the possible differences in APLA titer between healthy pregnant women and preeclampsia cases without history of thrombosis was examined. The APLA titer in 50 healthy pregnant women with 50 preeclampsia cases wit...