title: Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: task force report summary.
abstract: The Task Force on Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome (CAPS) aimed to assess the current knowledge on pathogenesis, clinical and laboratory features, diagnosis and classification, precipitating factors and treatment of CAPS. This article summarizes the main aspects of its final report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain rcervera@clinic.cat.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.affiliation: Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Pintó
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Antiphospholipid syndrome; anticardiolipin antibodies; antiphospholipid antibodies; lupus anticoagulant