Epidemiology of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
The prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies in normals and SLE patients is reviewed. The frequency of complications of antiphospholipid antibodies (thrombosis, pregnancy morbidity) in the literature and in the Hopkins Lupus Cohort is summarized.
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Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. mpetri@welch.jhu.edu
D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid