Association of capillaroscopic microhaemorrhages with clinical and immunological antiphospholipid syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-309

  Aslanidis, Spyros ^a   Pyrpasopoulou, A ^a   Doumas, M ^a   Triantafyllou, A ^a   Chatzimichailidou, S ^a   Zamboulis, C ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Capillaroscopy; Microangiopathy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAPILLAROSCOPY; CAPILLARY MICROHEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES;

EID: 79959510795     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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