title: [Clinically asymptomatic antiphospholipid antibodies--diagnostic and therapeutic problems].
abstract: The presence of asymptomatic antiphospholipid antibodies (aAPA) creates many difficult diagnostic and clinical problems - they might be a cause either of incorrect hemorrhagic diathesis recognition or an unnecessary anticoagulant therapy. Patients with aAPA should be counseled individually regarding potential thrombotic and/or obstetric complications. An increased risk of these complications is particularly high when lupus anticoagulant (LAC) and IgG anti-beta2 glycoprotein antibodies coexist. The approaches to the diagnosis and management of treatment of patients with aAPA are also discussed.
authors: Coagulation Laboratory, Department of Hematology, Medical University, Poznań, Poland. k.zawilska@interia.pl
authors: Krystyna
authors: K
authors: Zawilska
authors: Agata
authors: A
authors: Lehmann-Kopydłowska
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans