HELLP Syndrome and Its Relationship with Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Antiphospholipid Antibodies

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-523

  Appenzeller, Simone ^a   Souza, Fernando H C ^b   Wagner Silva de Souza, Alexandre ^c   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^d   de Carvalho, Jozélio Freire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Eclampsia; HELLP syndrome; Placental insufficiency; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GESTATION PERIOD; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LIVER FUNCTION; MEDLINE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUBLICATION; SKIN; SPLEEN; SUPERFICIAL THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84860388824     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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