title: Pulmonary manifestations of the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.
abstract: A broad spectrum of pulmonary disease may occur in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. The most common pulmonary manifestations are pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension. In this article the authors review these manifestations, as well as less common findings including acute respiratory distress syndrome, alveolar hemorrhage, and pulmonary capillaritis.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. hubert_ford@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: H James
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Robert A S
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Roubey
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology