Antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Introduction

Antiphospholipid syndrome: An autoimmune disorder characterized by blood clots and pregnancy losses. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Antiphospholipid syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Antiphospholipid syndrome

• Hypercoagulation
• Thrombocytopenia
• Recurrent fetal loss
• Blood clotting
• Venous thrombosis
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 21 symptoms of Antiphospholipid syndrome

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Antiphospholipid syndrome:

• High Cholesterol: Home Testing:
  • Home Cholesterol Tests
  • Home Triglycerides Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Test Devices
• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• more tests...»

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Antiphospholipid syndrome:

• Blood clotting
• Recurring thromboses
• Hypercoagulation (see Clotting symptoms)
• Venous thrombosis
• Arterial occlusions (see Artery symptoms)
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Thrombocytopenia
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Antiphospholipid syndrome

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Antiphospholipid syndrome

• CBC
• Coagulation studies
• Syphilis tests - see tests for syphilis
• Lupus anticoagulant test
• Cardiolipin antibody tests
• more tests...»

See full list of 9 diagnostic tests for Antiphospholipid syndrome

Wrongly Diagnosed with Antiphospholipid syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Failure to diagnose Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Hidden causes of Antiphospholipid syndrome (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Self Assessment Tools

• Heart Attack -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Heart Disease -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Medical Mistakes

• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Antiphospholipid syndrome:

• High cholesterol
• more product offers...»

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Antiphospholipid syndrome

Metabolic syndrome often undiagnosed: Metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is an often overlooked medical condition that causes a cluster of...read more »

Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss, there are varying degrees of severity. It is altogether too...read more »

Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something...read more »

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Antiphospholipid syndrome: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Antiphospholipid syndrome

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Antiphospholipid syndrome:

• Heart Health (Cardiac Care) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Antiphospholipid syndrome, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Major Diseases -- Rare Types:
  • High Cholesterol -- Rare Types
  • Heart Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Depression -- Rare Types
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Rare Types
  • Hypertension -- Rare Types
  • Hemochromatosis -- Rare Types
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Antiphospholipid syndrome

• SLE
• more causes...»

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More information about causes of Antiphospholipid syndrome:

• Underlying causes of Antiphospholipid syndrome

News Archives for Antiphospholipid syndrome

Medical news articles related to Antiphospholipid syndrome include:

• Gene May Explain Women's Heightened Lupus Risk
• Optimal Warfarin Dosing Improves Anticoagulation Control
• Researchers Develop Quick Way to Create Human Antibodies
• Anticoagulant Drugs Had Similar Outcomes After Angioplasty
• Overabundance of Immune Cells Might Trigger Lupus
• New Batch of Lupus Genes Discovered
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Antiphospholipid syndrome

Medical research articles related to Antiphospholipid syndrome include:

• Spousal violence and potentially preventable single and recurrent spontaneous fetal loss in an African setting: cross-sectional study.
• Aspirin or anticoagulants for treating recurrent miscarriage in women without antiphospholipid syndrome
• The diagnosis and acute management of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks
• Pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists. American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (8th edition).
• For a woman with a recent diagnosis of discoid lupus can she remain on combined oral contraception?
• For a woman with a history of meningitis, and present intracranial hypertension requiring periodic lumbar puncture, is it safe to use Implanon?
• For a morbidly obese woman, with a history of cerebro-vascular accident, with systemic lupus erythematosus with antiphospholipid Syndrome, being treated with warfarin, azathioprine, prednisolone and alendronic acid can she safely use the progestogen-only
• more research...»

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Patient Surveys for Antiphospholipid syndrome

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Reseach about Antiphospholipid syndrome

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Clinical Trials for Antiphospholipid syndrome

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Antiphospholipid syndrome include:

• Predictors of Pregnancy Outcome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Pilot Study of Cyclophosphamide in Patients With Life-Threatening Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Cyclophosphamide,filgrastim
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome Collaborative Registry (APSCORE) - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Steroids and Antiphospholipid Syndrome- Related Pregnancy Loss - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Low dose steroids
• Longitudinal Study of the Clinical and Haematological Cause of Women With Antiphospholipid Antibodies. - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 6 Clinical Trials for Antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome: Broader Related Topics

• Autoimmune diseases
• more types...»

Types of Antiphospholipid syndrome

Types of Antiphospholipid syndrome

• Primary Antiphospholipid syndrome
• Secondary Antiphospholipid syndrome - due to underlying disease
• more types...»

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Definitions of Antiphospholipid syndrome:

An antiphospholipid antibody found in association with systemic lupus erythematosus (LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC), ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME, and in a variety of other diseases as well as in healthy individuals. In vitro, the antibody interferes with the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and prolongs the partial thromboplastin time. In vivo, it exerts a procoagulant effect resulting in thrombosis mainly in the larger veins and arteries. It further causes obstetrical complications, including fetal death and spontaneous abortion, as well as a variety of hematologic and neurologic complications. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Antiphospholipid syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Antiphospholipid syndrome, or a subtype of Antiphospholipid syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Antiphospholipid syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet