RT Book, Section
A1 Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1155952564
T1 Antiphospholipid Syndrome
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155952564
RD 2024/04/19
AB Antiphospholipid  syndrome  (APS)  is  an  autoantibody-mediated  acquired  thrombophilia  characterized  by  recurrent  arterial  or  venous  thrombosis  and/or  pregnancy  morbidity.  It  affects  primarily  females.  APS  may  occur  alone  (primary)  or  in  association  with  other  autoimmune  diseases,  mainly  systemic  lupus  erythematosus  (SLE)  (secondary).  Catastrophic  APS  (CAPS)  is  a  life-threatening  rapidly  progressive  thromboembolic  disease  involving  simultaneously  three  or  more  organs.