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Antiphospholipid Syndrome

"Antiphospholipid Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

The presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids (ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID). The condition is associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses. In pregnancy it can cause abortion. Of the phospholipids, the cardiolipins show markedly elevated levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN). Present also are high levels of lupus anticoagulant (LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR).


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antiphospholipid Syndrome" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Antiphospholipid Syndrome" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 102 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020
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