Antiphospholipid thrombosis syndromes: etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management
Bick, R.L.
International Journal of Hematology 65(3): 193-213
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0925-5710 PMID: 9114592 Document Number: 481185
Antiphospholipid antibodies are increasingly being identified as a cause of both arterial and venous thrombosis as well as fetal wastage syndrome via placental vascular thrombosis. The antiphospholipid thrombosis syndromes should be considered and searched for when suggestive clinical findings are present or when unexplained arterial or venous thrombosis occurs. Noting the presence and type of antiphospholipid antibody thrombosis syndrome assumes major importance with respect to not only making an accurate diagnosis of cause of thrombosis but also in selecting effective antithrombotic therapy.