Clinical characteristics and risk factors of microvascular involvement in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: a longitudinal single-center study in China.

CONCLUSIONS: In addition to arterial and venous thrombosis, antiphospholipid syndrome can affect the microvasculature of select organs. It is thus important for clinicians to be aware that antiphospholipid syndrome-associated microvascular involvement has a unique pathogenesis and can be a life-threatening condition.
PMID: 31635555 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Lupus - October 20, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Y S, Zhao J, Zhang P, Wu C, Jiang N, Zhou J, Zhang S, Wu Q, Wang Q, Li M, Zeng X Tags: Lupus Source Type: research