Author/Editor		Praprotnik, S; Božič, B
Title		A decrease in antiphospholipid antibodies before a thrombotic event
Type		članek
Source		Clin Rheumatol
Vol. and No.		Letnik 15, št. 3
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 298-300
Language		eng
Abstract		We are reporting a systemic lupus erythematosus patient with antiphospholipid syndrome who developed iliofemoral thrombosis. Before the occurrence of iliofemoral venous thrombosis, antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) gradually decreased over a period of 18 weeks but were within normal range durings its acute phase. In the course of two years following this case of thrombosis, aPL have never returned to the hig prethrombotic values. It is therefore most likely that aPL were involved in the process of provoking thrombosis rather than being consumed during its acute phase.
Descriptors		LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID THROMBOPHLEBITIS