Antiphospholipid antibodies in young Indian patients with stroke

Antiphospholipid antibodies and stroke in young women.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Antiphospholipid antibodies have been associated with ischemic stroke in some but not all studies. METHODS We performed a population-based case-control study examining antiphospholipid antibodies (anticardiolipin antibodies and lupus anticoagulants) using stored frozen sera and plasma in 160 cases and 340 controls enrolled in the Stroke Prevention in Young Women study. ...

Prevalence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Syrian Patients with Thrombosis

Background: Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) are a heterogeneous family of anti-bodies associated with thrombosis and other complications. Objective: To study the prevalence of aPL in patients with thrombosis at Aleppo University Hospitals, Syria. Methods: One hundred and fifty-seven patients with venous and arterial thrombosis and 63 healthy controls were studied. Anticardiolipin antibodies (...

Anticardiolipin and Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Iraqi Patients with Angina Pectoris

High frequency of IgM antiphospholipid antibodies in young Iranian patients with stroke.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of IgG and IgM types of anticardiolipin (aCL) and antiphospholipid (aPL) antibodies in younger Iranian patients with ischemic stroke. METHODS Both IgG and IgM types of aPL (cardiolipin, anti phosphatidyl inositol, anti phosphatidyl serine, anti phosphatidic acid and beta 2-glycoprotein I [B2-GPI]) and aCL alone (cardiolipin and B2-GPI) were measured in 11...

Antiphospholipid antibodies and stroke.

The clinical study of stroke is a recent occurrence. The clarion call awakening interest consisted of two reports that appeared during the years following World War II : the detailed description by Kubik and Adams [1) of the clinical and pathologic findings in patients with basilar artery occlusion, and C. Miller Fisher's monograph [2] directing attention to the signs and symptoms found in pati...