The Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Serbia: Diagnostic and Management Problems
β Scribed by Ljudmila Stojanovich
- Book ID
- 107568400
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1080-0549
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## Abstract ## Objective To assess the main causes of death and the prognostic factors that influence mortality in patients with the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS). ## Methods We analyzed the case reports of 250 patients included in the CAPS Registry up to February 2005. To identi
We describe two patients with the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome associated with elevation of β€ 2glycoprotein I antibodies and fulminant thrombotic diatheses. Both patients were treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), which resulted in a marked decrease in antibody titer accompanied