Antiphospholipid antibodies: update on detection, pathophysiology, and treatment
Antiphospholipid antibodies: update on detection, pathophysiology, and treatment
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抗磷脂抗体:检测、病理生理学和治疗的最新进展
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
R. Derksen
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作者:
P. D. de Groot;R. Derksen
Purpose of reviewThe antiphospholipid syndrome is a noninflammatory disease characterized by the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in the plasma of patients with venous or arterial thrombosis or obstetric complications. Understanding of the pathology of the syndrome is only rudimentary and no physician can pretend that treatment is adequate. It is not possible to identify patients with the syndrome for certain. This paper reviews the substantial and promising headway made in the past year. Recent findingsIt has become clear that lupus anticoagulant is the assay of choice to detect the syndrome and that antibodies directed towards β2Glycoprotein 1 are the clinical relevant autoantibodies. These antibodies are able to activate a number of cells involved in the regulation of hemostasis. SummaryThe latest developments will make it soon possible to define patient with the syndrome unambiguously. This is absolutely necessary to understand why the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies cause an increased thrombotic risk.