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Antiphospholipid Syndrome
. Ed(S): Erkan, Doruk; Lockshin, Michael D., Md
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Description for Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Hardback. Editor(s): Erkan, Doruk; Lockshin, Michael D., MD. Num Pages: 472 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJF; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This new edition is a comprehensive and updated resource on antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), which is an autoimmune disorder. In APS, the body recognizes certain normal components of blood and/or cell membranes as foreign substances and produces antibodies (antiphospholipid antibodies) against them. APS is associated with recurrent clotting events (thrombosis) including premature stroke, repeated miscarriages, phlebitis, venous thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism. It is also associated with low platelet or blood elements that prevent bleeding. Recently, however, even more disease states have been linked with APS, including premature heart attack, various cardiac valvular abnormalities, skin lesions, kidney disease, abnormal involuntary movement/chorea, diseases ... Read more
This new edition is a comprehensive and updated resource on antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), which is an autoimmune disorder. In APS, the body recognizes certain normal components of blood and/or cell membranes as foreign substances and produces antibodies (antiphospholipid antibodies) against them. APS is associated with recurrent clotting events (thrombosis) including premature stroke, repeated miscarriages, phlebitis, venous thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism. It is also associated with low platelet or blood elements that prevent bleeding. Recently, however, even more disease states have been linked with APS, including premature heart attack, various cardiac valvular abnormalities, skin lesions, kidney disease, abnormal involuntary movement/chorea, diseases ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319554402
SKU
V9783319554402
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About . Ed(S): Erkan, Doruk; Lockshin, Michael D., Md
Doruk Erkan, MD, MPH, Associate Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, Michael D. Lockshin, MD, Attending Physician, Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics-Gynecology, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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