## Objective. To test the Sapporo criteria for the classification of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). Methods. We classified 243 consecutive patients who had clinical diagnoses of primary APS (n β«Ψβ¬ 49), secondary APS (n β«Ψβ¬ 26), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without clinical APS (n β«Ψβ¬ 1
Efficacy of the antiphospholipid score for the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome and its predictive value for thrombotic events
β Scribed by Kotaro Otomo; Tatsuya Atsumi; Olga Amengual; Yuichiro Fujieda; Masaru Kato; Kenji Oku; Tetsuya Horita; Shinsuke Yasuda; Takao Koike
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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