This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the Antiphospholipid syndrome. One of the most important advances in rheumatology and connective tissue diseases of the last decade. It provides an explanation for many previously undefined conditions with no clear pathogenesis encompassing all subspeculations in internal medicine as well as obstetrics. Clotting problems leading to strokes and myocardial infarctions (in younger people) as well as a large variety of other syndromes such as chorea, hyproadrenalism, pulmonary problems are now being understood.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Cover; The Antiphospholipid Syndrome II: Autoimmune Thrombosis; Copyright Page; Preface; Editor biography; List of Contributors; Contents; Part I: History and Epidemiology of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Editor: Ronald A. Asherson); Part II: Immunology and Pathophysiology of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Editor: Yehuda Shoenfeld); Part III: Clinical Features in the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Editor: Ricard Cervera); Part IV: Management and Prognosis of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome (Editor: Jean-Charles Piette); Part V: Appendix; Subject Index.

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