title: [Anti-cardiolipin antibody in cerebral infarction].
abstract: A 28 year old woman with a previous history of labile hypertension, migraine and transitory cerebral ischemia was admitted with cerebral infarction. One month later she developed livedo reticularis and amaurosis fugax, which led to the diagnosis of Sneddon's disease (livedo reticularis, labile hypertension and neurological symptoms) and the anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) syndrome. Treatment with prednisone and phenprocoumon resulted in lowering of ACA-titers, but the symptoms did not subside until acetylsalicylic acid was added.
authors.affiliation: Neuromedicinsk afdeling, Centralsygehuset Hillerød.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jansen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002308:Cardiolipins / Q000276:immunology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002308:Cardiolipins