Amputation of Digits or Limbs in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-131

  Asherson, Ronald A ^a   Cervera, Ricard ^b   Klumb, Evandro ^c   Stojanovic, Ljudmila ^d   Sarzi Puttini, Piercarlo ^e   Yinh, Janet ^f   Bucciarelli, Silvia ^b   Espinosa, Gerard ^b   Levy, Roger ^g   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^h TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

amputations; antiphospholipid antibodies; catastrophic APS; gangrene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CILOSTAZOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENALAPRIL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; SILDENAFIL; STEROID; VERAPAMIL; VITAMIN B GROUP; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FINGER AMPUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 52449096493     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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