Lupus anticoagulants are stronger risk factors for thrombosis than anticardiolipin antibodies in the antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review of the literature

Galli, Monica; Luciani, Davide; Bertolini, Guido; Barbui, Tiziano

doi:10.1182/blood-2002-02-0441

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Lupus anticoagulants are stronger risk factors for thrombosis than anticardiolipin antibodies in the antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review of the literature

Published in Blood • Feb 12, 2003

Authors:

Monica Galli

Davide Luciani

Guido Bertolini

Abstract

To formally establish the risk of lupus anticoagulants and anticardiolipin antibodies for arterial and venous thrombosis, we ran a MEDLINE search of the literature from 1988 to 2000. Studies were selected for their case-control (11), prospective (9), cross-sectional (3), and ambispective (2) design....

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Odds ratio

Medicine

Lupus anticoagulant

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