Extra-criteria clinical manifestations of antiphospholipid antibody should not be ignored

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 135; no. 18; pp. 2251 - 2252
• Main Authors: Huang, Can, Hu, Chaojun, Zhao, Jiuliang, Wang, Qian, Tian, Xinping, Li, Mengtao, Zeng, Xiaofeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 20.09.2022; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Antibodies; Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; Anticoagulants; Antiphospholipid Syndrome - diagnosis; Antiphospholipid Syndrome - drug therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Correspondence; Glycoproteins; Heart; Humans; Lupus; Migraine; Obstetrics; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombosis; Beijing China; China

The clinical symptoms of APS include many non-thrombotic manifestations, also called extra-criteria manifestations, including thrombocytopenia, aPL nephropathy, livedo reticularis, valve heart disease, and neurological manifestations. While thrombosis occurred in 44 (24.4%) patients and pregnant mor...