ALLMedicine™ Anticardiolipin Antibody Center

Apr 30th, 2021 - Although a few antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) occurs with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), the relationship between antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) and anti-ADAMTS13 (anti-a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin...

Apr 23rd, 2021 - Portal venous system thrombosis (PVST), a common complication of liver cirrhosis, is closely associated with thrombophilia. To explore the association of homocysteine (Hcy), anticardiolipin antibody (aCL), and anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibody (aβ2G...

Feb 19th, 2021 - Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a decline in autoimmune diseases but lacks studies on its effect on autoantibodies. It is a cross-sectional study with archived samples from 100 paired HIV-1 infected ART naïve and experienced individuals an...

Jan 21st, 2021 - Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a rare neurological disorder without a definite etiology. Diagnosis is mainly based on exclusion of other etiologies. A 41-year-old male patient presented with insidious onset headache of 3-month du...

Sep 29th, 2020 - To describe baseline characteristics of antiphospholipid antibody (aPL)-positive patients, overall and by clinical and laboratory subtypes, enrolled in an international registry. AntiPhospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and Internati...

Apr 14th, 2021 - This article originally appeared on Hospital for Special Surgery's website. Case Report A 39-year-old man with a history of well-controlled type 1 diabetes (T1D) since childhood and migraine presented with 1 week of pain and cyanosis of the finger...

Sep 4th, 2018 - A toxicology screen was positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and negative for other substances. Hypercoagulable laboratory studies were normal, including anticardiolipin antibody IgG and IgM, factor V Leiden, prothrombin G20210A mutation, throm.

Jul 1st, 2013 - A 60-year-old woman presented with sudden swelling and pain in her right arm. She reported progressive lower-extremity edema and abdominal girth over the past month, associated with shortness of breath and orthopnea.

Aug 10th, 2010 - Action Points Explain to interested patients that in this study of patients with progressive glaucoma, a modest reduction in intraocular pressure resulted in a significant slowing of visual field loss. Explain further that in the subgroup of patie...

Mar 10th, 2010 - Next Steps As in this patient, spontaneous vertebral artery dissections most commonly occur in young and middle-aged adults.[3]Blood work to rule out a hypercoagulable state (antithrombin III, protein C, protein S, homocysteine, factor V Leiden mu...