Diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome during the diagnostic workup of second-trimester fetal bradycardia.
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder associated with either arterial and/or venous thrombosis (1). Two cases of APS, which were diagnosed in the second trimester during the diagnostic workup of fetal bradycardia, are presented.
Seckin
Neslihan Carda
NC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fatih University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. nesli4@yahoo.com
Inegöl
Ilknur
I
Turhan
Nilgün Oztürk
NO
Bavbek
Nüket
N
D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second