Abstract:Objectives:To determine the more frequently seen clinical and immunologic manifestations in the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in patients of 2 referral centers. Methods: We studied 50 patients with the diagnosis of primary or secondary APS, 49 females and 1 male, with ages ranging between 15 and 65-year-old, using a predetermined protocol in which we measured the immunologic and clinical spectrum, including the determination of anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) and lupus anticoagulant (LA); in some cases we a… Show more
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