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Revista Colombiana de Reumatología
Print version ISSN 0121-8123
Abstract
RODRIGUEZ-PINTO, Ignasi; LOPEZ-BENJUME, Brenda; ESPINOSA, Gerard and CERVERA, Ricard. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome. Rev.Colomb.Reumatol. [online]. 2021, vol.28, suppl.1, pp.39-43. Epub Feb 17, 2022. ISSN 0121-8123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcreu.2021.02.004.
The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by the development of thrombotic events and/or obstetric morbidity in the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), such as the lupus anticoagulant (LA), anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) or anti- β 2-glycoprotein I antibodies (a β2 GPI). In 1992, Ronald A. Asherson described a very aggressive clinical variant of this syndrome characterized by the development of multiple thrombotic manifestations, simultaneously or in a short period of time. The term catastrophic APS was proposed and since then it is known by this name.
Keywords : Antiphospholipid syndrome; Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Antiphospholipid antibodies.