"Primary" antiphospholipid syndrome evolving into Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia: A case report

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-280

  Asherson, R A ^a   Davidge Pitts, M C ^b   Wypkema, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Morningside Clinic   (South Africa)

^c LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Primary antiphospholipid syndrome; Waldenstrom's macroglobulinaemia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM CARE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SPLENOMEGALY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 33845872545     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0144-7     Document Type: Article

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