Systemic lupus erythematosus, celiac disease and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: a rare association
โ Scribed by Deepak Gupta; Naureen Mirza
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 134 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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Familial associations of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) offer the opportunity to study genetic mechanisms of autoantibody production and disease, but are unusual. We identified a family, including identical twins and their mother, in which all members had systemic lupus erythematosus (
## Abstract ## Objective To evaluate the prevalence, clinical associations, and outcome of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) nephropathy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and in SLE patients without aPL. ## Methods Kidney biopsy specimens obt