Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Alekberova, Z S
• Prokaeva, T B
• Reshetniak, T M
• Aleksandrova, E N
• Nasonov, E L

Titel

Antiphospholipid antibodies in Behcet's disease

Ist Teil von

• Klinicheskaia meditsina, 2000, Vol.78 (5), p.37

Ort / Verlag

Russia (Federation)

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 35 patients with Behcet's disease (BD) were examined for antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). Elevated levels of antibodies to cardiolipin (aCL) were registered in 20% of the patients (aCL IgG and IgM in 11.4 and 8.6%, respectively). Low positivity of these antibodies prevailed (33.2 GPL and 41.2 MPL). Lupus anticoagulant was present in 6 patients. No distinct correlation was found between positivity by aPL and vascular disorders. It is inferred that aPL do not seem to play a leading role in thrombotic diathesis in BD. This diathesis is brought by a much more complicated and multifactor process.