Anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulant in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus |
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| Authors: | K L Wong H W Liu K Ho K Chan R Wong |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine and Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong. |
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| Abstract: | Ninety-one consecutive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were studied. Forty-two patients had positive anticardiolipin antibodies (aCl) 40 aCl-IgG (44.4%); 4 aCl-IgA (4.4%); 1 aCl-IgM (1.1%). One patient had both aCl-IgG and aCl-IgA and 1 patient had aCl-IgG, aCl-IgA and aCl-IgM. Ten patients (11.1%) had lupus anticoagulant (LA). Both aCl isotypes and LA had no statistical association with thrombosis or thrombocytopenia. |
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