VASCULOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LU PUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS)

Citation
Zs. Alekberova et al., VASCULOPATHY IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LU PUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS), Terapevticeskij arhiv, 67(5), 1995, pp. 41-44
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
67
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
41 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1995)67:5<41:VIPWSL>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Clinicomorphological examination covered 100 patients with confirmed S LE: 79 with concomitant APS (group 1), 21 free of APS (group 2). In gr oup 1 thrombolytic complications occurred in 75%, in group 2 - in 13%. The recurrences were more frequent in group 1. Overall percentage of arterial and venous thromboses was approximately the same. According t o biopsy and autopsy 2 kinds of morphological changes were found: typi cal for SLE and APS. Morphological specificity of APS manifested with proliferative and thrombotic changes in both arteries and veins.