Objectives In 20 patients (37%) high level of IgG anticardiolipin antibodies was discovered. High level of anticardiolipin antybodies IgM was discovered in 6 patients (11.1%). Lupus anticoagulant was determinated in 51 cases, in 17 was positive (31%). 8 patients had the tests for anti beta2GPI carried out and in 4 cases it was positive. In the group of 54 patients 22 (41%) presented prolonged a...

http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/44/4/NP14 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/0363546516638069 2016 44: NP14 Am J Sports Med Sonnery-Cottet Matt Daggett, Steven Claes, Camilo P. Helito, Pierre Imbert, Edoardo Monaco, Christian Lutz and Bertrand ACL-Deficient Knee: Letter to the Editor The Role of the Anterolateral Structures and the ACL in Controlling Laxity of the I...

In a review of the evidence, the authors find that the ACA had minimal effect on employment, hours of work, and compensation. This brief provides critical perspective on the effects of reforms on labor markets for federal and state policymakers as they consider changing or repealing the law.

OBJECTIVE To study the association of a variety of dermatological manifestations related to vascular abnormalities with antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with suspected primary antiphospholipid syndrome. METHOD Case-control study. Consecutive patients referred to the coagulation and haemostasis service of a general hospital for the first determination of antiphospholipid antibodies (lup...

A term male fetus suddenly and unexpectedly died in utero at the 40th week of gestation. The mother had a regular and unremarkable pregnancy except for an anticardiolipin antibodies positivity. The histological examination of the cardiac conduction system showed islands of conduction tissue in the central fibrous body, known as persistent fetal dispersion. The brainstem examination revealed a s...

Seven cases of occlusive ocular vascular disease affecting retinal and choroidal vessels were found among 84 consecutive patients with raised levels of anticardiolipin antibodies attending the lupus arthritis clinic at St Thomas's Hospital from 1985 to 1987. Six patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and one with a 'primary antiphospholipid syndrome' had occlusive ocular vascular dise...