...P. Stratta; C. Canavese; S. Ferrero; A. Grill; G. Piccoli Lupus anticoagulant (LA), anticardiolipin (aCL), and/or antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies are the hallmarks of the antiphospholipid syndrome, characterized by widespread thrombosis. The syndrome has been described as primary or secondary...

... (IgG and IgM) was detected at least once in all patients by ELISA and/or lupus anticoagulant (kaolin time). Seven patients (30.4%) were aPL+, and the remainder aPL-. We did not find differences related to age, period of follow-up, blood pressure and livedo reticularis. However the prevalence...

...A.O. Phillips; H.W. Jones; H. Hambley; A.N. Hillis; B.M. Hendry It has been suggested that a high prevalence of anticardiolipin antibody and lupus anticoagulant in haemodialysis patients may be a feature of dialysis membrane bioincompatibility. Previously published reports have given a prevalence...

...A. Meyrier; L. Becquemont; B. Weill; P. Callard; M. Rainfray Lupus anticoagulant was present in this case of paraneoplastic scleroderma revealed by hemolytic-uremic syndrome, suggesting that the autoantibody played a significant role in the sequence of events leading to anuria. Reviewing...

...Carlos Quereda; Julio Pascual; Ana Pardo; Francisco Mampaso; Ana Gonzalo; Joaquin Ortuño A 47-year-old woman with overlap scleroderma-polymyositis syndrome and positive circulating lupus anticoagulant developed scleroderma nephropathy, characterized by rapidly progressive renal failure caused...