1. DIGITAL SYMMETRICAL PERIPHERAL GANGRENE: A RARE MALE PRESENTATION OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTI BODY SYNDROME.
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S. R., DEB, A., KABIR, T., KHANUM, G., RAHMAN, A., HOSSAIN, M., ALAMIN, and R., AFROZ
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CARDIOVASCULAR disease treatment , *THROMBOSIS , *PULMONARY embolism , *MYOCARDIAL infarction treatment , *ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID syndrome treatment , *PHOSPHOLIPID antibodies , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome can be defined as the occurrence of venous and arterial thrombosis with or without recurrent miscarriage in association with laboratory evidence of persistent Antiphospholipid antibody / antibody to beta-2-Glycoprotein-1 / anti cardiolipin antibody /lupus anticoagulant (usually associated with SLE). It occurs usually in female who can present with recurrent miscarriage and fetal loss. Anti-phospholipid Antibody can be also found in some autoimmune diseases and post viral infections. Even certain drugs; e.g. phenothiazine, can cause it. Arterial thrombosis may lead to peripheral limb ischemia, stroke, and myocardial infarct. And venous thrombosis may be found in the form of DVT, pulmonary embolism & thrombosis in vessels supplying the abdominal organ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015