Are Thrombotic Events in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis Related to the Effect of Antiphospholipid Antibodies?

Are Thrombotic Events in Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis Related to the Effect of Antiphospholipid Antibodies? J Rheumatol. 2019 Jun 01;: Authors: Rothschild BM Abstract The high incidence of thrombotic phenomenon among individuals with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) was the subject of an intriguing article by Kang, et al 1 The reported susceptibility to both arterial and venous thrombotic events is also uniquely characteristic of the antiphospholipid syndrome2,3. PMID: 31154412 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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