Management of recurrent thrombosis in antiphospholipid syndrome topical collection on antiphospholipid syndrome

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Nalli, Cecilia ^a,b,c   Andreoli, Laura ^a,c   Casu, Cinzia ^d,e   Tincani, Angela ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti 2glycoprotein I antibodies; Anticardiolipin antibodies; Antiphospholipid antibodies; Cardiovascular risk factors; Heparin; Hydroxychloroquine; Low dose aspirin; Lupus anticoagulant; Management; Primary antiphospholipid syndrome; Recurrent thrombosis; Rituximab; Statins; Stroke; Thrombosis; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CLOPIDOGREL; D DIMER; FLUINDOSTATIN; HEPARIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; RITUXIMAB; WARFARIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOW DRUG DOSE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84894626220     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-013-0405-4     Document Type: Article

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