State of the art: reproduction and pregnancy in rheumatic diseases

M Østensen, L Andreoli, A Brucato, I Cetin… - Autoimmunity …, 2015 - Elsevier
Throughout the last decade, increasing awareness has been raised on issues related to
reproduction in rheumatic diseases including basic research to clarify the important role of …

Current treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome: lights and shadows

G Espinosa, R Cervera - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2015 - nature.com
For patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), the consensus is to treat those who
develop thrombosis with long-term oral anticoagulation therapy and to prevent obstetric …

Morbidity and mortality in the antiphospholipid syndrome during a 10-year period: a multicentre prospective study of 1000 patients

R Cervera, R Serrano, GJ Pons-Estel… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To assess the prevalence of the main causes of morbi-mortality in the
antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) during a 10-year-follow-up period and to compare the …

Patient-level analysis of five international cohorts further confirms the efficacy of aspirin for the primary prevention of thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid …

L Arnaud, A Mathian, H Devilliers, A Ruffatti… - Autoimmunity …, 2015 - Elsevier
We performed an individual patient meta-analysis to determine whether aspirin has a
significant protective effect on the risk of first thrombosis among patients with …

Diagnosis and management of non-criteria obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome

DRJ Arachchillage, SJ Machin… - Thrombosis and …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Accurate diagnosis of obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a prerequisite for
optimal clinical management. The international consensus (revised Sapporo) criteria for …

Systemic lupus erythematosus and thrombosis

M Bazzan, A Vaccarino, F Marletto - Thrombosis journal, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an acquired, multiorgan, autoimmune
disease. Clinical presentation is extremely variable and heterogeneous. It has been shown …

Treatment of thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome: the rationale of current management—an insight into future approaches

CB Chighizola, T Ubiali… - Journal of Immunology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Vascular thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity represent the clinical manifestations of
antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), which is serologically characterized by the persistent …

How I treat catastrophic thrombotic syndromes

TL Ortel, D Erkan, CS Kitchens - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Catastrophic thrombotic syndromes are characterized by rapid onset of multiple
thromboembolic occlusions affecting diverse vascular beds. Patients may have multiple …

Increased mortality in patients with the lupus anticoagulant: the Vienna Lupus Anticoagulant and Thrombosis Study (LATS)

J Gebhart, F Posch, S Koder… - Blood, The Journal …, 2015 - ashpublications.org
Data on the clinical course of lupus anticoagulant (LA)–positive individuals with or without
thrombotic manifestations or pregnancy complications are limited. To investigate mortality …

Development and initial validation of a damage index (DIAPS) in patients with thrombotic antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)

MC Amigo, MV Goycochea-Robles… - Lupus, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction In antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), certain principal manifestations are
associated with a worse prognosis and organ damage. Objective The objective of this paper …