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    Petri, M.

    Lupus, 04/2010, Volume: 19, Issue: 4
    Book Review, Journal Article

    Anti-phospholipid antibodies are common in patients in the Hopkins’ Lupus Cohort: 47% have anti-cardiolipin, 32.5% anti-β2-glycoprotein I and 26% lupus anticoagulant (by dRVVT confirmatory testing). Systemic lupus erythematosus patients with the lupus anticoagulant at baseline have a 50% chance of a deep venous thrombosis/pulmonary embolus in the next 20 years. Anti-phospholipid antibodies differ in their association with thrombosis: the lupus anticoagulant is most strongly associated with arterial and venous thrombosis and is the only anti-phospholipid antibody associated with myocardial infarction. Anti-phospholipid antibodies are not associated with atherosclerosis. Lupus (2010) 19, 419—423.