...Mehmet Ali Cikrikcioglu; Mehmet Hursitoglu; Hafize Erkal; Bekir Inan; Turkan Ozturk; Mustafa Cakirca; Fatih Canpolat; Serdar Erkal; Ismet Bahtiyar; Ilker Cordan; Tufan Tukek Objective: To demonstrate the presence of splenomegaly in primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) patients without...

...L.O. Carreras; R.R. Forastiero Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are a heterogeneous family of antibodies, including those specific for a variety of phospholipid (PL)-binding proteins and also those reacting with PL molecules. The former seem to be associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS...

...Bertrand Wechsler; Lê Thi Huong Du; Jean Charles Piette The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is now emerging as an important cause of recurrent pregnancy loss. A variety of treatments, including steroids, aspirin, heparin and immunoglobulin, alone or in combination, have been assessed...

...Monica Galli The results of an analysis of studies published over a 10-year period that addressed the association between antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) and thromboembolic events in patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) are reported. It would appear that lupus anticoagulants...