Short and long-term maternal outcomes in patients with phospholipid antibodies.
By definition patients with phospholipid antibody (aPL) syndrome develop clinical thrombotic events and frequently fail to complete pregnancy successfully. Pregnancy is a physiological state known to trigger clinical thrombosis in aPL syndrome patients. This paper will review the short-term effects of pregnancy on aPL patients as well as the long-term outcome of aPL women who have attempted pregnancy.
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Division of Rheumatology, University of Connecticut, School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA. parke@nso.uchc.edu
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000209:etiology; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology