[Prevalence of antiphospholipid syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus at the University Hospital of Puerto Rico].
This is a retrospective study based on a population of 80 patients with connective tissue diseases from the University Hospital of Puerto Rico. Among the population, 62 (77.5%) of the patients had Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), whom we were most interested to monitor. The investigation revealed an incidence of 13.8% of anthiophospholipid syndrone within the general population. Among the patients with SLE it was 12.9%, and only 5.5% among the population with other diagnoses. The antibody found with the highest frequency within the systemic lupus erythematosus population was the anticardiolipin IgG (30.6%) and lupus anticoagulant (17.7%). The antibody frequency among patients with other diagnoses was only 5.5% for lupus anticoagulant and 5.5% for anticardiolipin IgM (the only one found). Among SLE's clinical manifestations, the most frequently found were thrombocitopenia and pregnancy complications.
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Departamento de Estudios Graduados, Programa de Maestría en Ciencias de Laboratorio, Colegio de Profesiones Relacionadas con la Salud, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Puerto Rico. beddyic@coqui.net
González-Parés
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D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011647:Puerto Rico; D012189:Retrospective Studies