title: Obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome: from the pathogenesis to the clinical and therapeutic implications.
abstract: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired thrombophilia with clinical manifestations associated with the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in patient plasma. Obstetrical APS is a complex entity that may affect both mother and fetus throughout the entire pregnancy with high morbidity. Clinical complications are as various as recurrent fetal losses, stillbirth, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and preeclampsia. Pathogenesis of aPL targets trophoblastic cells directly, mainly via proapoptotic, proinflammatory mechanisms, and uncontrolled immunomodulatory responses. Actual first-line treatment is limited to low-dose aspirin (LDA) and low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and still failed in 30% of the cases. APS pregnancies should be a major field in obstetrical research, and new therapeutics are still in progress.
authors: Laboratory of Hormonology, Maternity, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. tess.marchetti@hcuge.ch
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Marchetti
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Cohen
authors: P
authors: P
authors: de Moerloose
mesh_terms: D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy
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